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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 ...
, image= , image_size=250 , caption= , spouse= , reign=c. 2100 BCE , father= , predecessor= Ur-Ningirsu , successor=
Nam-mahani , title=Ruler of Lagash , image= , image_size=250 , caption= , spouse= , reign=c. 2100 BCE , father= , predecessor= Ur-gar , successor=Utu-hengal(Uruk V dynasty) , dynasty=Ruler of Lagash , succession= Nam-mahani ( sux, , ''nam-maḫ-ni'') was a ...
, dynasty=Ruler of Lagash , succession= Ur-gar or Ur-nig ( sux, ) was the last '' ensi'' 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 ...
circa 2100 BCE (
middle chronology The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...
), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad,
Shu-turul Shu-turul (Shu-durul, , ''shu-tur2-ul3'') was the last king of the Akkadian Empire, ruling for 15 years according to the Sumerian king list. It indicates that he succeeded his father Dudu. A few artifacts, seal impressions etc. attest that he he ...
. Ur-gar was a son-in-law of Ur-Baba, and succeeded to Ur-Ningirsu, or Pirigme. Several votive inscriptions are known of him. He was succeeded by the last ruler of the Second Dynasty of Lagash,
Nam-mahani , title=Ruler of Lagash , image= , image_size=250 , caption= , spouse= , reign=c. 2100 BCE , father= , predecessor= Ur-gar , successor=Utu-hengal(Uruk V dynasty) , dynasty=Ruler of Lagash , succession= Nam-mahani ( sux, , ''nam-maḫ-ni'') was a ...
. Only one of his year names is known: Queen Nininimgina is also known for a dedication to him:


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{{Rulers of Sumer Year of birth missing Year of death missing 22nd-century BC Sumerian kings Kings of Lagash