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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 · Ensi – A Dignity Of Sumerian Temple. The highest dignity of the Sumerian temple city was the 'Ensi.'. Originally, ensi probably meant a high priest whose powers included supervision over the construction of the temple. He was also a worldly ruler, chief priest, chief military officer, and prominent, the earthly representation of the city god.
Lugalzagesi, (reigned c. 2375–50 bc ), ensi (“sacred king”) of the southern Mesopotamian city of Umma, who first conquered the major cities of Lagash ( c. 2375 bc) and Kish, then overcame the Sumerian cities of Ur and Uruk (he alone represents the 3rd dynasty of Uruk). After uniting all of Sumer, he extended his dominion to the ...
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. He came to the throne, chronologically, after the ruler Ur-Baba, and before ...
Lugal (Sumerian: 𒈗) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, lú "𒇽" is "man" and gal "𒃲" is "great", or "big." It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear (alongside en and ensi, the exact difference being a
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 ...
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Lugalzagesi, (reigned c. 2375–50 bc), ensi (“sacred king”) of the southern Mesopotamian city of Umma, who first conquered the major cities of Lagash (c. 2375 bc) and Kish, then overcame the Sumerian cities of Ur and Uruk (he alone represents the 3rd dynasty of Uruk).
