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187 so that she would solve the riddle of his nighttime vision, Gudea proceeded to tell her what had happened (we read from column IV in Cylinder "A," verses 14-20, as_ tran- scribed by Ira M. Price, The Great Cylinder Inscriptions A and B of Gudea, Fig. 59a): In the dream [I saw] a man who was bright, shining like Heaven —great in Heaven, great on Earth— who by his headdress was a Dingir (god). At his side was the divine Storm Bird; Like a devouring storm under his feet two lions crouched, on the right and on the left. He commanded me to build his temple. Visions from the Twilight Zone Figure 59a and Figure 59b A celestial omen then followed whose meaning, Gudea