the network of associations between Dumuzid, Damu, and kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, who referred to Gilgamesh as their brother. Dina Katz proposes that it was inspired by king lists, in which Dumuzi the Fisherman (a figure distinct from the god Dumuzid) is listed between Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh, though without being labeled as a son of the former. In at least one case, Dumuzid is called the son of both Ninsun and Lugalbanda. An indirect association between Dumuzid and Ninsun is also present in an inscription of Utuhegal, in which Gilgamesh, directly called the son of this goddess, assigns Dumuzid to him as a bailiff. Worship Ninsun has been characterized as a "well-known goddess in all periods." She is already attested in the Early Dynastic god lists from Fara and Abu Salabikh. Her main cult center was KI.KALki, but she was also worshiped in Lagash, Nippur, Ur, Uruk, Ku'ara, Umma and other settlements. A temple dedicated to her existed in Ur, as attested in an inscription of Ur-Nammu, which states that it was rebuilt by this ruler and that it bore the name E-mah, "exalted house." A temple dedicated to her known as E-gula, "big house," is also known, but its location is not specified in known documents, and the same name was also applied to a large number of other houses of worship in various parts of Mesopotamia. In the "Standard Babylonian" edition of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Egalmah ("exalted palace") is said to be Ninsun's temple in Uruk, but an inscription of Sîn-kāšid indicates it was originally a temple of Ninisina, while in a document from the first millennium BCE the deity worshiped in it is Belet-balati, a manifestation of closely connected Gula. Sîn-kāšid also built a temple of Lugalbanda and Ninsun bearing the name E-Kikal, "house, precious place." An inscription of Gudea addresses Ninsun as his divine mother. However, there are also cases where he referred to Nanshe or Gatumdag as such. Kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur also described Ninsun as their divine mother. For example, in Death of Ur-Nammu, Ninsun mourns the passing of the eponymous king and is addressed as his mother. By extension, the rulers also treated Gilgamesh as their divine brother, and Ur-Nammu's successor Shulgi called Lugalbanda his divine father. It is possible that one of this king's daughters served as the en priestess of Ninsun. It is