Lagash
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Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lagash canonical | 15 |
| Lagash (city-state) | 1 |
| Lagash II dynasty | 1 |
| Lagash region | 1 |
| Telloh (ancient Girsu) | 1 |
| kingdom of Lagash | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lagash Context triple: [Sumer, hasCityState, Lagash]
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A.
Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
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B.
Sippar
Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.
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C.
Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin was the short-lived but grandiose capital city built by the Assyrian king Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE, notable for its monumental palaces and reliefs.
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D.
Ugarit
Ugarit was an important ancient port city-state on the Syrian coast, known for its influential Canaanite culture and the discovery of one of the earliest alphabetic writing systems.
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E.
Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis was a major Predynastic and Early Dynastic urban and religious center in Upper Egypt, known as one of the earliest capitals and power bases of the emerging Egyptian state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lagash Target entity description: Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.
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A.
Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
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B.
Sippar
Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.
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C.
Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin was the short-lived but grandiose capital city built by the Assyrian king Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE, notable for its monumental palaces and reliefs.
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D.
Ugarit
Ugarit was an important ancient port city-state on the Syrian coast, known for its influential Canaanite culture and the discovery of one of the earliest alphabetic writing systems.
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E.
Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis was a major Predynastic and Early Dynastic urban and religious center in Upper Egypt, known as one of the earliest capitals and power bases of the emerging Egyptian state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Sumerian city-state
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Lagash
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
kingdom of Lagash
|
| documentedIn |
Gudea inscriptions
ⓘ
Stele of the Vultures ⓘ Urukagina reform texts ⓘ |
| engagedInConflictWith |
Elam
ⓘ
Kish ⓘ Umma ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
Early Dynastic period ⓘ
surface form:
Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia
|
| hasAdministrativeFeature | complex bureaucracy recorded in tablets ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Tell al-Hiba
ⓘ
Tello ⓘ |
| hasArtifact |
Stele of the Vultures
ⓘ
statues of Gudea ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | realistic and detailed stone sculpture ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | excavations by Ernest de Sarzec at Tello ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
irrigation agriculture ⓘ temple-based redistribution ⓘ textile production ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Sumerian ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
construction projects of Gudea
ⓘ
social and economic reforms of Urukagina ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStructure | city-state with dependent territories ⓘ |
| hasRecordType |
economic tablets
ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasRuler |
Eannatum
ⓘ
Eannatum ⓘ
surface form:
Enannatum I
Entemena ⓘ Gudea ⓘ Lugalanda ⓘ Ur-Nanshe ⓘ Ur-Ningirsu II ⓘ Urukagina ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
E-ninnu
ⓘ
temple of Bau ⓘ temple of Ningirsu ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative archives
ⓘ
boundary conflict with Umma ⓘ distinctive art ⓘ early political power in Sumer ⓘ extensive cuneiform records ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sumer
ⓘ
Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
southern Mesopotamia
|
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ |
| majorDeity |
Bau
ⓘ
Nanshe ⓘ Ninurta ⓘ
surface form:
Ningirsu
|
| partOf |
Early Dynastic city-state system
ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian civilization
|
| timePeriod | circa 2600–2200 BCE as major power ⓘ |
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Subject: Lagash Description of subject: Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.
Referenced by (20)
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