Lagash, the Glossary
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.[1]
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Adab (city)
Adab or Udab (Sumerian: Adabki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur. Lagash and Adab (city) are archaeological sites in Iraq, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.
See Lagash and Akkadian Empire
Akkadian language
Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
See Lagash and Akkadian language
Akshak
Akshak (Sumerian:, akšak) (pre-Sargonic - u4kúsu.KI, Ur III - akúsu.KI, Phonetic - ak-su-wa-ak) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated on the northern boundary of Akkad, sometimes identified with Babylonian Upi (Greek Opis). Lagash and Akshak are archaeological sites in Iraq, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
Akurgal
Akurgal (𒀀𒆳𒃲, "Descendant of the Great Mountain" in Sumerian) was the second king (Ensi) of the first dynasty of Lagash.
Al-Shatrah
Al-Shatrah (also known as Shatrat al-Muntafiq) is a town in southern Iraq, located northeast of Nasiriyah.
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran, and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Persia (Elam, Media, Parthia, and Persis), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands (Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region, Armenia, northwestern Iran, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan), the Levant (modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus) and the Arabian Peninsula.
See Lagash and Ancient Near East
Anshan (Persia)
Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭; 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠) modern Tall-e Malyan (تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city. Lagash and Anshan (Persia) are former kingdoms.
See Lagash and Anshan (Persia)
Anzû
Anzû, also known as dZû and Imdugud (Sumerian: mušen), is a monster in several Mesopotamian religions.
See Lagash and Anzû
Artibus Asiae
Artibus Asiae is a biannual academic journal specialising in the arts and archaeology of Asia.
Bau (goddess)
Bau, also read Baba or Babu (cuneiform: 𒀭𒁀𒌑 dBa-U2), was a Mesopotamian goddess.
City-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. Lagash and city-state are city-states.
Code of Ur-Nammu
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today.
See Lagash and Code of Ur-Nammu
Cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.
Damnatio memoriae
Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts.
See Lagash and Damnatio memoriae
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. Lagash and Der (Sumer) are archaeological sites in Iraq, city-states, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
Dhi Qar Governorate
Dhi Qar Governorate (translit) is a governorate in southern Iraq, in the Arabian Peninsula.
See Lagash and Dhi Qar Governorate
Dilmun
Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian:,Transliteration: Similar text: later 𒉌𒌇(𒆠), NI.TUKki.
Dudu of Akkad
Dudu (𒁺𒁺) was a 22nd-century BC king of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned for 21 years c. 2189-2169 BC according to the Sumerian king list.
E-ninnu
The E-ninnu 𒂍𒐐 (House of 50) was the E (temple) to the warrior god Ningirsu in the Sumerian city of Girsu in southern Mesopotamia.
Eannatum
Eannatum (𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺) was a Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash circa 2500–2400 BCE.
Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.
See Lagash and Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Elam
Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
See Lagash and Elam
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) is an online digital library of texts and translations of Sumerian literature that was created by a now-completed project based at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford.
See Lagash and Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
En-hegal
En-hegal, also Enhengal (Sumerian), was possibly an ancient ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
Enannatum I
Enannatum I (𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺), son of Akurgal, succeeded his brother E-anna-tum as Ensi (ruler, king) of Lagash.
Enannatum II
Enannatum II (𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺), son of Entemena, was Ensi (governor) of Lagash.
Enentarzi
Enentarzi (en-en₃-tar-zid, also, en-e-tar-zi was Ensi (governor) of Lagash. He was originally a chief-priest of Lagash for the god Ningirsu. He succeed Enannatum II who only had a short reign and was the last representative of the house of Ur-Nanshe. It seems that the power of Lagash waned at this point, and that other territories such as Umma ("Gishban") and Kish prevailed.
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.
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.
See Lagash and Ensi (Sumerian)
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.
Euphrates
The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.
GAL (cuneiform)
GAL (Borger 2003 nr. 553; U+120F2 𒃲) is the Sumerian cuneiform for "great".
See Lagash and GAL (cuneiform)
Gatumdug
Gatumdug (dĜa2-tum3-dug3; also romanized as Gatumdu) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the tutelary deity of Lagash and closely associated with its kings.
Geoarchaeology
Geoarchaeology is a multi-disciplinary approach which uses the techniques and subject matter of geography, geology, geophysics and other Earth sciences to examine topics which inform archaeological and chronological knowledge and thought.
Geophysical survey (archaeology)
In archaeology, geophysical survey is ground-based physical sensing techniques used for archaeological imaging or mapping.
See Lagash and Geophysical survey (archaeology)
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. Lagash and Girsu are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq, history of Dhi Qar Governorate, Populated places established in the 3rd millennium BC and Sumerian cities.
See Lagash and Girsu
Gudea
Gudea (Sumerian:, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).
See Lagash and Gudea
Gudea cylinders
The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to, on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the Building of Ningirsu's temple.
See Lagash and Gudea cylinders
Gutian rule in Mesopotamia
The Gutian dynasty (Sumerian:, gu-ti-umKI) was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people. Lagash and Gutian rule in Mesopotamia are former kingdoms.
See Lagash and Gutian rule in Mesopotamia
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility.
Isin-Larsa period
The Isin-Larsa period (–1763 BCE, Middle Chronology, or 1961–1699 BCE, Short Chronology) is a phase in the history of ancient Mesopotamia, which extends between the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur and the conquest of Mesopotamia by King Hammurabi of Babylon leading to the creation of the First Babylonian dynasty.
See Lagash and Isin-Larsa period
Journal of Cuneiform Studies
The Journal of Cuneiform Studies was founded in 1947 by the Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research.
See Lagash and Journal of Cuneiform Studies
Kazallu
Kazalla or Kazallu (Ka-zal-luki) is the name given in Akkadian sources to a city in the ancient Near East whose locations is unknown.
Khafajah
Khafajah or Khafaje (خفاجة), ancient Tutub, is an archaeological site in Diyala Governorate, Iraq east of Baghdad. Lagash and Khafajah are archaeological sites in Iraq and former populated places in Iraq.
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. Lagash and Kish (Sumer) are archaeological sites in Iraq, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
Kubaba
Kubaba (𒆬𒀭𒁀𒌑) was a legendary Mesopotamian queen who according to the Sumerian King List ruled over Kish for a hundred years before the rise of the dynasty of Akshak.
List of cities of the ancient Near East
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Lagash and List of cities of the ancient Near East are city-states.
See Lagash and List of cities of the ancient Near East
List of Mesopotamian dynasties
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq.
See Lagash and List of Mesopotamian dynasties
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.
Lugal
(Sumerian) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler".
See Lagash and Lugal
Lugal-ushumgal
Lugal-ushumgal (lugal-ušumgal) was a Sumerian ruler (ensi, formerly read "Patesi") of Lagash ("Shirpula"), BCE.
Lugal-zage-si
Lugal-Zage-Si (LUGAL.ZAG.GE.SI; frequently spelled Lugalzaggesi, sometimes Lugalzagesi or "Lugal-Zaggisi") of Umma (reigned 2358 – 2334 BCE middle chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and the rise of the Akkadian Empire, and was considered as the only king of the third dynasty of Uruk, according to the Sumerian King List.
Lugalanda
Lugalanda, also Lugal-anda (𒈗𒀭𒁕) was a Sumerian king of Lagash during the 24th century BC.
Lugalshaengur
Lugalshaengur (𒈗𒊮𒇉, Lugal-sha-engur), (c. 2600 BCE), was ensi (governor) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
Mari, Syria
Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Lagash and Mari, Syria are city-states, former kingdoms and Populated places established in the 3rd millennium BC.
Master of Animals
The Master of Animals, Lord of Animals, or Mistress of the Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals.
See Lagash and Master of Animals
Mesilim
Mesilim (𒈨𒁲), also spelled Mesalim (c. 2600 BC), was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
See Lagash and Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nam-mahani
Nam-mahani (𒉆𒈤𒉌, nam-maḫ-ni) was a Sumerian ruler, and the last ensi of Lagash circa 2100 BCE (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul.
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.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
See Lagash and Naram-Sin of Akkad
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.
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New York University Institute of Fine Arts
The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) is a graduate school and research center of New York University dedicated to the study of the history of art, archaeology, and the conservation and technology of works of art.
See Lagash and New York University Institute of Fine Arts
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.
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. Lagash and Nippur are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
See Lagash and Old Babylonian Empire
Penn Museum
Penn Museum, formerly known as The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, is an archaeology and anthropology museum at the University of Pennsylvania.
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf (Fars), sometimes called the (Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.
Phalanx
The phalanx (phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together.
Pirig-me
Pirig-me (Sumerian:, Pirig-me), was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2200 BCE.
Puzer-Mama
Puzer-Mama or Puzur-Mama (puzur4-Dma-ma) was a ruler of Lagash before Gudea, circa 2200 BCE.
Puzur-Inshushinak
Puzur-Inshushinak (Linear Elamite: Puzur Sušinak, Akkadian:, puzur3-dinšušinak, also, puzur4-dinšušinak "Calling Inshushinak"), also sometimes thought to read Kutik-Inshushinak in Elamite, was king of Elam, around 2100 BC, and the last from the Awan dynasty according to the Susa kinglist.
See Lagash and Puzur-Inshushinak
Rimush
Rimush (or Rimuš, Ri-mu-uš) c. 2279–2270 BC (middle chronology) was the second king of the Akkadian Empire.
Robert Koldewey
Robert Johann Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) was a German archaeologist, famous for his in-depth excavation of the ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq.
See Lagash and Robert Koldewey
Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad (𒊬𒊒𒄀|Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.
See Lagash and Sargon of Akkad
Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
See Lagash and Seleucid Empire
Shar-Kali-Sharri
Shar-Kali-Sharri (DShar-ka-li-Sharri) reigned c. 2217–2193 BC (middle chronology) as the ruler of the Akkadian Empire.
See Lagash and Shar-Kali-Sharri
Shul-utula
Shul-utul (𒀭𒂄𒀖𒇻) or Shul-utula was the personal god of the rulers of the Mesopotamian Ur-Nanshe dynasty of Lagash.
Statues of Gudea
Approximately twenty-seven statues of Gudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia.
See Lagash and Statues of Gudea
Stele of the Vultures
The Stele of the Vultures is a monument from the Early Dynastic IIIb period (2600–2350 BC) in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma.
See Lagash and Stele of the Vultures
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.
See Lagash and Sumer
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.
See Lagash and Sumerian King List
Sumerian language
Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.
See Lagash and Sumerian language
Tell Zurghul
Tell Zurghul, also spelled Tell Surghul, is an archaeological site in Dhi Qar Governorate (Iraq). Lagash and Tell Zurghul are archaeological sites in Iraq and history of Dhi Qar Governorate.
The Sumerian Game
The Sumerian Game is an early text-based strategy video game of land and resource management.
See Lagash and The Sumerian Game
Third Dynasty of Ur
The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.
See Lagash and Third Dynasty of Ur
Thorkild Jacobsen
Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen (7 June 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a Danish historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature.
See Lagash and Thorkild Jacobsen
Tigris
The Tigris (see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.
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. Lagash and Umma are archaeological sites in Iraq, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq, history of Dhi Qar Governorate and Sumerian cities.
See Lagash and Umma
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
See Lagash and University of Cambridge
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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University of Pisa
The University of Pisa (Università di Pisa, UniPi) is a public research university in Pisa, Italy.
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Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq. Lagash and Ur are archaeological sites in Iraq, city-states, former populated places in Iraq, history of Dhi Qar Governorate and Sumerian cities.
See Lagash and Ur
Ur-Baba
Ur-Baba or Ur-Bau (𒌨𒀭𒁀𒌑 or, servant of the goddess Bau) was ensi of Lagash from 2093 BC – 2080 BC (short chronology) or 2157 BC – 2144 BC (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul.
Ur-gar
Ur-gar or Ur-nig (𒌨𒃻) was the last ensi of Lagash circa 2100 BCE (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul.
Ur-Lumma
Ur-Lumma (𒌨𒀭𒈝𒂷) was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Umma, circa 2400 BCE.
Ur-Nammu
Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian:, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
Ur-Nanshe
Ur-Nanshe (𒌨𒀭𒀏) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III.
Ur-Ningirsu
Ur-Ningirsu (Sumerian:, Ur-D-nin-gir-su) also Ur-Ningirsu II in contrast with the earlier Ur-Ningirsu I, was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2110 BC.
Ur-Ningirsu I
Ur-Ningirsu I (Sumerian:, Ur-D-nin-gir-su), was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2200 BCE.
Urua
Urua, Uruaz or Avva was an ancient city of Elam (modern Iran), in the vicinity of Susa and located on the Uqnu river.
See Lagash and Urua
Uruk
Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river. Lagash and Uruk are archaeological sites in Iraq, former kingdoms, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.
See Lagash and Uruk
Uruk period
The Uruk period (c. 4000 to 3100 BC; also known as Protoliterate period) existed from the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia, after the Ubaid period and before the Jemdet Nasr period.
Urukagina
Uru-ka-gina, Uru-inim-gina, or Iri-ka-gina (𒌷𒅗𒄀𒈾; 24th century BC, middle chronology) was King of the city-states of Lagash and Girsu in Mesopotamia, and the last ruler of the 1st Dynasty of Lagash.
See also
1887 archaeological discoveries
- Amarna letters
- Lagash
- Ludovisi Throne
- Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon
- Ma'sub inscription
- Mantineia Base
- Praeneste fibula
- Sarcophagus of the mourning women
- Sigtrygg Runestones
- Tabnit sarcophagus
- Tarrana
- Terengganu Inscription Stone
- Treasure of Halikko
- Trou de l'Abîme
- Wat Sri Chum Inscription
History of Dhi Qar Governorate
- 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
- 2009 Dhi Qar governorate election
- 2013 Dhi Qar governorate election
- Bad-tibira
- Eridu
- Girsu
- History of Nasiriyah
- January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq
- Lagash
- Larsa
- Plimpton 322
- Tell Dehaila
- Tell Khaiber
- Tell Zurghul
- Tell al-'Ubaid
- Tell al-Lahm
- Tell el-'Oueili
- Umma
- Ur
- Zabala (Sumer)
Populated places established in the 3rd millennium BC
- Abu Salabikh
- Amrit
- Aniba (Nubia)
- Arkaim
- Arrapha
- Assur
- Babylon
- Dhar Tichitt
- Dholavira
- Eshnunna
- Euonymeia
- Girsu
- Harran
- Hattusa
- Heracleopolis Magna
- Homs
- Isin
- Kültepe
- Kirkuk
- Lagash
- Larsa
- Lerna
- Mari, Syria
- Mohenjo-daro
- Old Smyrna
- Palmyra
- Phong Châu
- Priddy Circles
- Rapiqum
- Shuruppak
- Sintashta
- Sippar
- Smyrna
- Tel Hazor
- Tell Beydar
- Tell Chuera
- Tell Djassa
- Tiryns
- Titris Hoyuk
- Troy
- Tyre, Lebanon
- Veliko Tarnovo
Sumerian cities
- Abu Salabikh
- Adab
- Adab (city)
- Akshak
- Bad-tibira
- Borsippa
- Der (Sumer)
- Dilbat
- Enegi
- Eridu
- Eshnunna
- Girsu
- Harbidum
- Isin
- Karkar (ancient city)
- Kesh (Sumer)
- Kish (Sumer)
- Kisurra
- Lagaba
- Lagash
- Larak (Sumer)
- Larsa
- Nippur
- Shuruppak
- Sippar
- Umma
- Ur
- Uruk
- Zabala (Sumer)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagash
Also known as Lagas, Lagash dynasty period, Lagaš, Second dynasty of Lagash, Shipurla, Shirgulla, Shirpurla, Sirpurla, Tell al-Hiba.
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