Search results
Ensi (Sumerian) Sumerian cylinder seal impression dating to c. 3200 BC, showing an ensi and his acolyte feeding a sacred herd. PA.TE.SI (Ensi) on the tablet of Lugalanatum. Ensi (cuneiform: 𒑐𒋼𒋛 pa. te. si Sumerian: ensik, "lord of the plowland"; Emesal dialect: umunsik; Akkadian: iššakkum) [1] [2] was a Sumerian title designating the ...
Jan 24, 2020 · Gudea - the King-Priest of the Sumerian city of Lagash, located in southeast Mesopotamia - was one of them. He possessed significant influence in Sumer during his 20-year-long reign. He chose the title of ensi (town-king or governor), instead of the title 'lugal.'. From the Old Akkadian period (the time of Sargon the Great ), the term 'ensi ...
People also ask
Who was ensi in Sumerian dynasty?
Who was ensi Gudea?
Who was the ensi in Lagash dynasty?
What does ensi mean?
En (Borger 2003 nr. 164 ; U+ 12097 𒂗, see also Ensí) is the Sumerian cuneiform for ' lord /lady' or ' priest [ess]'. Originally, it seems to have been used to designate a high priest or priestess of a Sumerian city-state 's patron-deity [2] – a position that entailed political power as well. It may also have been the original title of the ...
Alabaster, Early Dynastic III (2550–2500 BC); found in Telloh, ancient city of Girsu. The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around ...
"Ensi" (Sumerian: 𒑐𒋼𒋛, meaning "Lord of the Plowland") was a title associated with the ruler or prince of a city. The people understood that the ensi was a direct representative of the city's patron deity. Initially, the term "ensi" may have been specifically associated with rulers of Lagash and Umma.
c. 5500 – c. 1800 BC. Preceded by. Ubaid period. Followed by. Akkadian Empire. Sumer ( / ˈsuːmər /) 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.
Sep 4, 2023 · Gudea, known as Ensi Gudea of Lagash, was a prominent ruler of the ancient city-state of Lagash, located in present-day southern Iraq. He reigned during the 3rd millennium BC, specifically from around 2144 to 2124 BC, during the period known as the Sumerian Renaissance.
