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Enentarzi

Enentarzi
𒂗𒂊𒋻𒍣
Report to Enentarzi of the defeat of 600 Elamites who came to plunder Lagash[1]
King of Lagash
Reignc. 2400 - 2384 BC
PredecessorEnannatum II
SuccessorEnlitarzi or Lugalanda
Diedc. 2384 BC
IssueLugalanda
Dynasty1st Dynasty of Lagash

Enentarzi (𒂗𒇷𒋻𒍣, en-en₃-tar-zid,[2] also 𒂗𒂊𒋻𒍣, en-e-tar-zi; died c. 2384 BC)[3] was Ensi (governor) of Lagash.[4][5] He was originally a chief-priest of Lagash for the god Ningirsu.[5][6]

He succeed Enannatum II who only had a short reign and was the last representative of the house of Ur-Nanshe.[7][8] It seems that the power of Lagash waned at this point, and that other territories such as Umma ("Gishban") and Kish prevailed.[9]

Enentarzi probably ruled for at least 4 years.[6]

An inscription records that 600 Elamites came to plunder Lagash during the rule of Enentarzi, but that they were repelled.[10]

He was succeeded by either a priest named Enlitarzi, or his son Lugalanda.[6]

  1. ^ THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.
  2. ^ "Sumerian Dictionary". oracc.iaas.upenn.edu.)
  3. ^ THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.
  4. ^ Crawford, Harriet (2013). The Sumerian World. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-136-21912-2.
  5. ^ a b Gonnet, Hatice; Breniquet-Coury, Catherine; Garelli, Paul; Durand, Jean-Marie (2015). Le Proche-Orient asiatique. Tome 1: Des origines aux invasions des peuples de la mer (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 144. ISBN 978-2-13-073719-3.
  6. ^ a b c Jones, C. H. W. (2012). Ancient Babylonia. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-107-60572-5.
  7. ^ Radau, Hugo (2005). Early Babylonian History: Down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-1-59752-381-3.
  8. ^ Gadd, C. J.; Edwards, I. E. S.; Hammond, N. G. L. (1970). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-521-07051-5.
  9. ^ Radau, Hugo (2005). Early Babylonian History: Down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-59752-381-3.
  10. ^ THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.

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