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Gudea ( Sumerian: 𒅗𒌤𒀀, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler ( ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080 –2060 BC ( short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC ( middle chronology ). He probably did not come from the city, but had married Ninalla, daughter of the ruler Ur-Baba (2164–2144 BC) of Lagash, thus gaining entrance ...
Sumer var ett kulturområde i södra Mesopotamien ( Irak ). Här utvecklades en högkultur från vilken Europa, Afrika och Indien ärvt en rad uppfinningar, till exempel hjulet, tidsindelningen och skriften. Området dominerades från den historiska tidens början omkring år 3200 f.Kr., fram till slutet av den så kallade nysumeriska tiden ...
Gilgamesh ( Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [7] [a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. He was possibly a historical king of the Sumerian ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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