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![](294px-Akurgal_as_son_of_Ur-Nanshe,_on_the_votive_relief_of_Ur-Nanshe.jpg)
Akurgal
as son of Ur-Nanshe, on the votive relief of Ur-Nanshe. The name
of Akurgal appears on the skirt, vertically. The character next
to it to the left is dumu, for "child", "son".
Louvre Museum
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En-anna-tum
I was king of Lagash, circa 2400 B.C.
Mudgal
/ Madgal / Akurgal (Sumerian: "Descendant of the Great Mountain"
in Sumerian) was the second king (Ensi) of the first dynasty of
Lagash. His relatively short reign took place in the first part
of the 25th century BCE (circa 2464-2455 BCE), during the period
of the archaic dynasties. He succeeded his father, Sargon / Ur-Nanshe
/ Ur-Nina, founder of the dynasty, and was replaced by his son Eannatum.
Very
little is known about his reign: only six inscriptions mention it.
One of them reports that he built the Antasura of Ningirsu.
During
his reign, a border conflict pitted Lagash against Umma, These borders
between Umma and Lagash had been fixed in ancient times by Mesilim,
king (lugal) of Kish, who had drawn the borders between the two
states in accordance with the oracle of Ishtaran, invoked as intercessor
between the two cities. Akurgal is mentioned fragmentally in an
inscription on the Stele of the Vultures, describing the conflict
of Akurgal with Lagash, possibly with Ush, king of Umma: "Because
of […] the man of Umma spoke arrogantly with him and defied
Lagash. Akurgal, king of Lagash, son of Ur-nanshe […]".
In all likelihood Akurgal lost part of the territory of Lagash to
the ruler of Umma.
He
had two sons, who both became important rulers of Lagash after him,
Prasenjit
/ Eannatum and En-anna-tum
I, and successfully repelled Umma's encroachment.
![](Inlay_Akurgal_Louvre_AO11249.jpg)
Shell
inlay in the name of Akurgal (on the skirt, vertically), found in
Girsu. Louvre Museum
![](321px-Akurgal_as_a_child_in_the_limestone_votive_relief_of_Ur-Nanshe.jpg)
Akurgal
as a child in the limestone votive relief of Ur-Nanshe
![](590px-Akurgal_with_transcription.jpg)
The
name "Akurgal"
![](621px-Tablet_of_Enannatum_son_of_Akurgal.jpg)
Tablet
mentioning Akurgal, as father of Enannatum I: "Enannatum, ensi
of Lagash, son of Akurgal, ensi of Lagash...."
![](580px-Tablet_of_Enannatum_I.jpg)
Tablet
mentioning Akurgal, as father of Enannatum I: "Enannatum, ensi
of Lagash, son of Akurgal, ensi of Lagash...."
![](594px-Akurgal_king_of_Lagash_son_of_Ur-Nanshe_on_the_Stele_of_the_Vultures.jpg)
"Akurgal
king of Lagash, son of Ur-Nanshe" on the Stele of the Vultures
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Akurgal