Head of a votive mace with a lion-headed eagle (emblem of god Ningirsu) and six lions, dedicated at a shrine in Girsu by King Mesilim of Kish. Inscription in archaic script: โMesilim, king of Kish, builder of the temple of Ningirsu, brought [this mace head] for Ningirsu, Lugalshaengur [being] prince of Lagashโ.[1] Louvre Museum.[2]
Reign
c. 2600 BC
Predecessor
En-hegal
Successor
Ur-Nanshe
Dynasty
1st dynasty of Lagash
Lagash
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Lugalshaengur was governor of Lagash, circa 2600 BCE.
Lugalshaengur (Sumerian: ๐๐ฎ๐, Lugal-sha-engur), (c. 2600 BCE), was ensi (governor) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.[3]
The First dynasty of Lagash is dated to the 25th century BCE. Lugalshaengur wastributary to Mesilim.[citation needed] Following the hegemony of Mesannepada of Ur, Ur-Nanshe succeeded Lugalshaengur as the new high priest of Lagash and achieved independence, making himself king. He defeated Ur and captured the king of Umma, Pabilgaltuk.[4][5]
Lugalshaengur is known by an inscription on the head of a mace dedicated by King Mesilim of Kish, who was therefore contemporary with him.[3][6]
King priest on a votive tablet to Ningirsu, around the time of Lugalshaengu, before Ur-Nanshe. Found in Girsu, near Lagash. Louvre Museum.[7]
Transcription of the tablet.
Fragmentary inscription Lugalshaengur Ensi Lagash (Sumerian: ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ข๐๐ท), "Lugalshaengur, Governor of Lagash" on the mace of Mesilim
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^"Masse d'armes du roi Mesilim". Louvre Museum. 2020.
^ abKatz, Dina (1993). Gilgamesh and Akka. BRILL. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-72371-67-6.
^Sayce, Archibald Henry; King, Leonard William; Jastrow, Morris (1911). "Babylonia and Assyria" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopรฆdia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 99โ112.
^Katz, Dina (1993). Gilgamesh and Akka. BRILL. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-72371-67-6.
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