[INDOLOGY] Age of gayatri mantra in śrīsūktam

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,
Verse 26 (Sheftelowitz's edition) of the śrīsūktam (in the rg-veda khilas)
is the gayatri mantra

 mahālakṣmī ca vidmahe viṣṇupatnī ca dhīmahi |
tan no lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt |

Would that make it older than the gayatri mantras at Maitrāyaṇī-Saṃhitā
2-9-1.  Does that make it the oldest gayatri mantra in the form

... vidmahe
... dImahi
...pracodayAt |

Thanks,
Harry Spier
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