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Court of Lagash
The Court
Converse with
Ningirsu
Patron deity of Lagash · warrior of Enlil · lord of the E-ninnu · theological sovereign
c. 2500 BCE onward
Converse with
Eannatum
Ensi / Lugal of Lagash · conqueror of Umma · Stele of the Vultures · first surviving international treaty
c. 2454–2425 BCE
Converse with
Entemena
Ensi of Lagash · son of Enannatum I · Umma border dispute · cone inscriptions
c. 2404–2375 BCE
Converse with
Baranamtarra
Queen consort of Lagash · temple administrator · household of Bau · economic agent in her own right
d. c. 2378 BCE
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Urukagina
Lugal of Lagash · last king of the First Dynasty · the Reform Cones · abolition of extractive offices
d. c. 2368 BCE
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Sagsag
Wife of Urukagina · administrator of the Household of Bau · continued reform administration
c. 2370 BCE
Converse with
The Officials Who Extract
The administrative offices documented in the Reform Cones · via negativa · what was abolished tells us what existed
fl. c. 2400–2350 BCE
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The Burial Official
Administrator of funerary rites · fee-setter · ritual interface · abolished by Urukagina
fl. c. 2400–2350 BCE
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The Temple Scribe of Bau
Scribal administrator · keeper of the Bau temple record · household accounts
fl. c. 2400–2350 BCE
Converse with
Lugalzagesi
Ensi of Umma → King of Uruk → first to claim all of Sumer · destroyer of Lagash · precursor to Sargon
fl. c. 2375–2340 BCE