Lugalanda

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Lugalanda was an early Sumerian ruler of the city-state of Lagash, known from cuneiform inscriptions dating to the mid-3rd millennium BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ensi of Lagash
Sumerian ruler
historical person
associatedCityState Lagash NERFINISHED
associatedDeity Bau NERFINISHED
Ningirsu NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lagash archives NERFINISHED
chronologicalPosition early ruler of Lagash
civilization Sumerian civilization
country Sumer NERFINISHED
culture Sumerian
era Early Dynastic III period NERFINISHED
evidenceType administrative tablets
inscriptions on cones and tablets
father Enentarzi NERFINISHED
floruit c. 2400 BCE
governmentType city-state rulership
hasSpouseRole Baranamtarra as influential queen
knownFor being criticized for corruption in later reforms of Urukagina
economic administration of Lagash
temple endowments
knownFrom cuneiform inscriptions
languageOfSources Sumerian language NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Iraq NERFINISHED
name Lugalanda NERFINISHED
notableEvent replacement by reformer-king Urukagina
occupation priest-king
ruler
politicalRole head of Lagash administration
precededBy Enentarzi NERFINISHED
region southern Mesopotamia
reignedIn Lagash NERFINISHED
religion Sumerian religion NERFINISHED
sourceMaterialHeldAt British Museum NERFINISHED
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED
spouse Baranamtarra NERFINISHED
succeededBy Urukagina NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-3rd millennium BCE
title ensi
governor of Lagash
writingSystemUsedInSources cuneiform

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Lagash hasRuler Lugalanda