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Entemena, the Glossary

Entemena, also called Enmetena (𒂗𒋼𒈨𒈾), lived circa 2400 BC, was a son of En-anna-tum I, and he reestablished Lagash as a power in Sumer.^[1]

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25th-century BC Sumerian kings
Kings of Lagash

Ama-gi

Ama-gi is a Sumerian word written ama-gi4 or ama-ar-gi4.

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Bad-tibira (Sumerian:, bad3-tibiraki), "Wall of the Copper Worker(s)", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh (also Tell Madineh), between Ash Shatrah and Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa) and 33 kilometers northeast of ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city on the Iturungal canal (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu), which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King List.

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Bitumen

Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum.

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Clay nail

Used by Sumerians and other Mesopotamian cultures beginning in the third millennium BC, clay nails, also referred to as dedication or foundation pegs, cones, or nails, were cone-shaped nails made of clay, inscribed with cuneiform, baked, and stuck into the mudbrick walls to serve as evidence that the temple or building was the divine property of the god to whom it was dedicated.

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Cuneiform

Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.

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Der (Sumer)

Der (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or urude-e-ru(ki)) was a Sumerian city-state at the site of modern Tell Aqar near al-Badra in Iraq's Wasit Governorate.

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Dingir

Dingir ⟨⟩, usually transliterated DIĜIR, is a Sumerian word for 'god' or 'goddess'.

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Diorite

Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock formed by the slow cooling underground of magma (molten rock) that has a moderate content of silica and a relatively low content of alkali metals.

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Dumuzid

Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (𒌉𒍣|Dumuzid; italic; Tammūz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻|Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as '''Adon''' (Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar).

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Eannatum

Eannatum (𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺) was a Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash circa 2500–2400 BCE. Entemena and Eannatum are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings and kings of Lagash.

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Enakalle

Enakalle or Enakalli (𒂗𒀉𒆗𒇷) was the king of Umma circa 2500–2400 BC, a Sumerian city-state, during the Early Dynastic III period (2600–2350 BC). Entemena and Enakalle are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings.

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Enannatum I

Enannatum I (𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺), son of Akurgal, succeeded his brother E-anna-tum as Ensi (ruler, king) of Lagash. Entemena and Enannatum I are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings and kings of Lagash.

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Enannatum II

Enannatum II (𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺), son of Entemena, was Ensi (governor) of Lagash. Entemena and Enannatum II are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings and kings of Lagash.

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Enlil

Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms.

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Enshakushanna

Enshakushanna (𒂗𒊮𒊨𒀭𒈾), or Enshagsagana, En-shag-kush-ana, Enukduanna, En-Shakansha-Ana, En-šakušuana was a king of Uruk around the mid-3rd millennium BC who is named on the Sumerian King List, which states his reign to have been 60 years.

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Ensi (Sumerian)

Ensi (cuneiform:, "lord of the plowland"; Emesal dialect: umunsik; italic) was a Sumerian title designating the ruler or prince of a city-state.

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Entemena

Entemena, also called Enmetena (𒂗𒋼𒈨𒈾), lived circa 2400 BC, was a son of En-anna-tum I, and he reestablished Lagash as a power in Sumer. Entemena and Entemena are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings and kings of Lagash.

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Girsu

Girsu (Sumerian Ĝirsu; cuneiform 𒄈𒋢𒆠) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq.

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Gypsum

Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.

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Ištaran

Ištaran (Ishtaran; 𒀭𒅗𒁲) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of the city of Der, a city-state located east of the Tigris, in the proximity of the borders of Elam.

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Ikun-Shamash

Ikun-Shamash or Iku-Shamash was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2500 BC.

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Il, king of Umma

Il (𒅍) was king (Lugal) of the Sumerian city-state of Umma, circa 2400 BCE.

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Inanna

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility.

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Iraq Museum

The Iraq Museum (المتحف العراقي) is the national museum of Iraq, located in Baghdad.

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Kaunakes

A kaunakes (translit or γαυνάκης; translit; 𒌆𒄖𒅘𒆪 TÚGGU-NAK-KU) or persis was a woollen mantle associated with ancient Mesopotamia and Persia.

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Kish (Sumer)

Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon.

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Lagash

Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Lugal-dalu

Lugal-dalu (𒈗𒁕𒇻) was a Sumerian ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Adab in the mid-3rd millennium BCE, probably.

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Lugal-kinishe-dudu

Lugal-kinishe-dudu (lugal-ki-ni-še₃-du₇-du₇) also Lugal-kiginne-dudu (lugal-ki-gin-ne2-du₇-du₇), was a King and (ensi) of Uruk and Ur who lived towards the end of the 25th century BCE. Entemena and Lugal-kinishe-dudu are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings.

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Mari, Syria

Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria.

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Mesilim

Mesilim (𒈨𒁲), also spelled Mesalim (c. 2600 BC), was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish. Entemena and Mesilim are 25th-century BC Sumerian kings.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Nanshe

Nanshe (𒀭𒀏 dNANŠE (AB✕ḪA)) was a Mesopotamian goddess in various contexts associated with the sea, marshlands, the animals inhabiting these biomes, namely bird and fish, as well as divination, dream interpretation, justice, social welfare, and certain administrative tasks.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Ninhursag

Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer.

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Ninurta

Ninurta (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁:, possible meaning "Lord Barley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (𒀭𒎏𒄈𒋢:, meaning "Lord Girsu"), is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was first worshipped in early Sumer.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.

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Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany.

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Shara (god)

Shara (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁈, dšara2) was a Mesopotamian god associated with the city of Umma and other nearby settlements.

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Shul-utula

Shul-utul (𒀭𒂄𒀖𒇻) or Shul-utula was the personal god of the rulers of the Mesopotamian Ur-Nanshe dynasty of Lagash.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

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Sumerian King List

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Tutelary deity

A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.

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Umma

Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entemena

Also known as Enmetena, King Entemena.

, Ush, king of Umma, Vase of Entemena, Yale Babylonian Collection, 2003 invasion of Iraq, 25th century BC.

Entemena, the Glossary

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See also

25th-century BC Sumerian kings

Kings of Lagash

References