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There, however, he is imprisoned, only to be freed when the young warrior Utu opens a hole to the surface and carries Enkidu back out on a lofting breeze.

“It sounds like a great idea,” says Ana Utus, a Bolivian immigrant who has lived in a southern Buenos Aires villa for 13 years.

The Sumerian Utu had already become the Semitic Samas, and clothed himself in the attributes of a Semitic Bel.

Utu or payment is invariably expected for any injustice committed, and is exacted in some shape, the sufferer feeling debased in his own opinion until he obtains satisfaction.

As to Utu, there is some doubt whether it represents a real pronunciation or not.