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Eannatum (Sumerian: 𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺 É.AN.NA-tum2; fl. c. 2450 BC) was a
Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash. He
established one of the
first verifiable empires...
- as tribute." His son
Akurgal ruled briefly after him. The next ruler,
Eannatum (earlier
referred to as "Eannadu"), son of
Akurgal and
grandson of Ur-Nanshe...
- of Enmetena, was Ush. Gu-Edin had been
claimed by the énsi of Lagash,
Eannatum –
author of the
Stele of
Vultures – as the
property of Lagash's god, Ninĝirsu...
- the Louvre. The
stele was
erected as a
monument to the
victory of king
Eannatum of
Lagash over Ush, king of Umma. It is the
earliest known war monument...
-
depiction of a
khopesh is from the
Stele of the Vultures,
depicting King
Eannatum of
Lagash wielding the weapon; this
would date the
khopesh to at least...
- was the
father of Akurgal, who
succeeded him, and
grandfather of
Eannatum.
Eannatum expanded the
kingdom of
Lagash by
defeating Umma as
illustrated in...
-
included Ur-Nanshe of
Lagash in the late 26th
century BC, his
grandson Eannatum in the
following century,
Urukagina in the 24th
century and Gudea, ruler...
- army)
while Lagash casualties were minimal.
Around 2400 BCE,
Entemena or
Eannatum (sources differ), king of Lagash, had a
marble pillar (the
Stele of the...
- that he was
originally understood as the
deified form of
historical king
Eannatum of Lagash, but this
theory remains a
matter of
dispute among researchers...
- by Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the
hegemony seems to have p****ed
briefly to
Eannatum of Lagash.
Following this period, the
region of
Mesopotamia seems to have...
