[2] It is assumed that gír in the short form and gír-nun in the long one both refer to a procession route located in Girsu, and that ḪÉ might represent an allograph of the word gemé, which makes it possible to translate the name from Sumerian as "the maid of the (lofty) way".
[6] The term lukur referred to a class of priestesses, and the existence of a group of nine women bearing this title who took part in the cult of Ningirsu is attested in Early Dynastic texts from Girsu.
[8] Alongside Shulshaga and Igalim, who were also regarded as children of Bau and Ningirsu, as well as divine servants such as Lammašaga, Ḫegir belonged to the household of these two deities.
[9] In the times of Gudea, she belonged to a group referred to as "the seven lukur priestesses of Ningirsu" and "the septuplets of Bau",[10] which also included Zazaru, Nipa'e, Urnunta-ea, Ḫesaga, Zurmu and Zarmu.
[11] However, according to Gebhard J. Selz Ḫegir was originally a deity of greater importance than the other six, and it is possible that initially only Urnunta-ea, Zazaru and Nipa'e, who also occur together in an earlier inscription from the reign of Urukagina, formed a group.