The man he appointed for this high office was named Hi, and he
had up to that time been priest in Ninab. Entemena summoned him to his
presence, and, after marching in a triumphal procession from Girsu
in the neighbourhood of Shirpurla to the conquered city, proceeded to
invest him with the office of patesi of Gishkhu.
Entemena also repaired the frontier ditches named after Ningirsu and
Nina, which had been employed for purposes of irrigation as well as for
marking the frontier; and he gave instructions to Hi to employ the men
dwelling in the district of Karkar on this work, as a punishment for
the active part they had taken in the recent raid into the territory of
Shirpurla. Entemena also restored and extended the system of canals
in the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates, lining one of the
principal channels with stone.
[Illustration: 175.jpg MARBLE GATE]
Socket Bearing An Inscription Of Entemena, A Powerful
Patesi, Or Viceroy, Of Shirpurla. In the photograph the
gate-socket is resting on its side so as to show the
inscription, but when in use it was set flat upon the ground
and partly buried below the level of the pavement of the
building in which it was used. It was fixed at the side of a
gateway and the pivot of the heavy gate revolved in the
shallow hole or depression in its centre.
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