 At night, Utu was believed to travel through the Underworld as he journeyed to the east in preparation for the sunrise.One Sumerian literary work refers to Utu illuminating the Underworld and dispensing judgement there and Shamash Hymn 31 (BWL 126) states that Utu serves as a judge of the dead in the Underworld alongside the "malku", "kusu", and the Anunnaki.On his way through the Underworld, Utu was believed to pass through the garden of the sun-god, which contained trees that bore precious gems as fruit.