Enannatum II ( sux, , ), son of

Entemena Entemena, also called Enmetena ( sux, , ), lived circa 2400 BC, was a son of En-anna-tum I, and he reestablished Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Il, king of Umma, in a territorial conflict, through an alliance with Lugal-kinishe-dudu of ...

, was '' Ensi'' (governor) of

Lagash Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: ''Lagaš''), was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Ash Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash (modern Al-Hiba) w ...

. Only a few inscriptions of Enannatum II are known, suggesting a short reign. One of these inscriptions, of which four nearly identical instances are known, appears on a door socket from the great storehouse of

Ningirsu , image= Cropped Image of Carving Showing the Mesopotamian God Ninurta.png , caption= Assyrian stone relief from the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu, showing the god with his thunderbolts pursuing Anzû, who has stolen the Tablet of Destinies from En ...

at Lagash, which he restored: He had a son named Lummadur, the last representative of the house of

Ur-Nanshe Ur-Nanshe ( sux, , ) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III. He is known through inscriptions to have commissioned many buildings projects, including canals and ...

, who apparently never held an official title. It seems that the power of Lagash waned at this point, and that other territories such as

Umma Umma ( sux, ; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, formerly also called Gishban) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell J ...

("Gishban") and

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prevailed. Enannatum II was the last member of the family of

. He was succeeded by a priest named

Enentarzi Enentarzi (, ''en-en₃-tar-zid'', also , ''en-e-tar-zi'' was '' Ensi'' (governor) of Lagash. He was originally a chief-priest of Lagash for the god Ningirsu. He succeed Enannatum II who only had a short reign and was the last representative of t ...

. File:Inscribed head of a mace with Imdugud (Anzu) and Enannatum, the British Museum, London..JPG, Inscription on the mace head, possibly dedicated to Enannatum II: "For

of E-ninnu, the workman of Enannatum, ruler of Lagash, Barakisumun, the ''sukkal'', dedicated this for the life of Enannatum, his Master." File:Stone block Enannatum son of Entemena.jpg, Door socket dedicated to

by "Enannatum, ensi of Lagash (...) son of

", hence Enannatum II, grandson of

Enannatum I Enannatum I ( sux, , ), son of Akurgal, succeeded his brother E-anna-tum as '' Ensi'' (ruler, king) of Lagash. During his rule, Umma once more asserted independence under its ensi Ur-Lumma, who attacked Lagash unsuccessfully. After several ba ...

. File:Enannatum son of Entemena.jpg, Inscriptions "Enannatum (...) son of Entemena" () on the door socket.Full transliteration

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Kings of Lagash 25th-century BC Sumerian kings {{AncientNearEast-bio-stub

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