Akurgal
Sign in to saveAkurgal (, "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, during the period of the archaic dynasties. He succeeded his father, Ur-Nanshe, founder of the dynasty, and was replaced by his son Eannatum.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Akurgal
- Royalty.image
- Akurgal as son of Ur-Nanshe, on the votive relief of Ur-Nanshe.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 250
- Royalty.caption
- 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
- Royalty.issue
- Eannatum Enannatum I
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2460 BC
- Royalty.father
- Ur-Nanshe
- Royalty.predecessor
- Possibly Ur-Nanshe
- Royalty.successor
- Possibly Eannatum
- Royalty.dynasty
- 1st Dynasty of Lagash
- Royalty.succession
- King of Lagash
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Akurgal (, "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, during the period of the archaic dynasties. He succeeded his father, Ur-Nanshe, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akurgal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.