- Shirpurla by Charlotte Gordon
See Lagash...
- Gudea by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the ruler of the city-state of Lagash in Sumeria in the 22nd century B.C. The power of Lagash grew under Gudea; the number of fully enfranchised citizens, judging from preserved inscriptions, reached 216,000 (compared with 36,000 under Urukagina, 24th century B.C.). Gudea decorated the city with many temples...
- Patesi by Webster's
... n.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of the tutelary god of the place.
- Lagash by Natalie Owens
Or Shirpurla., ancient city of Sumer, S Mesopotamia, now located at Telloh, SE Iraq. Lagash was flourishing by c.2400 B.C., but traces of habitation go back at least to the 4th millennium B.C. After the fall of Akkad (2180 B.C.), when the rest of Mesopotamia was in a state of chaos, Lagash was able to maintain ...
- Eannatum by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Ruler of the state of Lagash (c. 2450–2425 B.C.).Various economic and legal documents from the period of Eannatum’s rule have been preserved; some inscriptions on contemporary buildings have also survived. Through victories over the rulers of ...