Pirig-me (
Sumerian: , ''Pirig-me''), was a
Sumerian ruler (''
ensi'') of the state 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 ...
in Southern
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...
who ruled c. 2200 BCE. He was the son of
Ur-Ningirsu I
Ur-Ningirsu I ( Sumerian: , ''Ur- D-nin-gir-su''), was a Sumerian ruler ('' ensi'') of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2200 BCE. He is much less known and documented than Ur-Ningirsu II, generally just called Ur-Ningirsu. ...
.
Pirig-me is only known from one inscription and from one year name:
The inscription on a brick reads:
His was succeeded by Lu-baba.
References
{{Rulers of Sumer
22nd-century BC Sumerian kings
Kings of Lagash