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 U ...
, 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
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, 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 E ...
at Lagash, which he restored:
He had a son named Lummadur, the last representative of the house of
Ur-Nanshe, 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 ("Gishban") and
Kish prevailed.
Enannatum II was the last member of the family of
Ur-Nanshe. He was succeeded by a priest named
Enentarzi.
Ningirsu
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, 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 E ...
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 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 E ...
by "Enannatum, ensi of Lagash (...) 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 U ...
", hence Enannatum II, grandson of Enannatum I.
File:Enannatum son of Entemena.jpg, Inscriptions "Enannatum (...) son of Entemena" () on the door socket.[Full transliteration ]
See also
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References
Kings of Lagash
25th-century BC Sumerian kings
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