拍品专文
The goddess Gula (whose name means 'great') was a goddess of healing and a patroness of doctors. Her sacred animal was the dog and small model dogs were dedicated to her by worshippers; her principle shrine was at E-gal-mal at Isin, but she also had temples at Nippur, Borsippa and Assur. Cf. A. P. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, p. 19, no. 3 dated 4th millennium B.C., after a similar excavated example in the southern acropolis of Susa.