Court of Lagash — Universitas Scholarium

Converse with

Ningirsu

Patron deity of Lagash · warrior of Enlil · lord of the E-ninnu · theological sovereign

c. 2500 BCE onward

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Eannatum

Ensi / Lugal of Lagash · conqueror of Umma · Stele of the Vultures · first surviving international treaty

c. 2454–2425 BCE

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Entemena

Ensi of Lagash · son of Enannatum I · Umma border dispute · cone inscriptions

c. 2404–2375 BCE

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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

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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

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Lugalzagesi

Ensi of Umma → King of Uruk → first to claim all of Sumer · destroyer of Lagash · precursor to Sargon

fl. c. 2375–2340 BCE