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42 SY a ays 7 / 27 ev fare of the Eninnu was to establish, even there, in Marduk’s lands, Ninurta’s unequaled Lordship: “A god who has no equal, the Lord of all the Earth.” Proclaiming Ninurta’s (rather than Marduk’s) supremacy required special features in the Eninnu. The ziggurat’s en- trance had to face the Sun precisely in the east, rather than the customary northeast. In the temple’s topmost level Gudea had to erect a SHU.GA.LAM—‘where the shining is an- nounced, the place of the aperture, the place of determin- ing,” from which Ninurta/Ningirsu could see “the Repetition over the lands.” It was a circular chamber with twelve posi- tions, each marked with a zodiacal symbol, with an aperture for observing the skies—an ancient planetarium aligned to the zodiacal constellations! THE END OF DAYS FIGURE 20