city of Girsu

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Sumerian city ancient city

The city of Girsu was an important Sumerian urban and religious center in southern Mesopotamia, closely associated with the state of Lagash and known for its temples and administrative activities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Girsu 3
city of Girsu canonical 2
Tell al-Hiba (ancient Lagash) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
associatedWith Lagash (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy Ernest de Sarzec NERFINISHED ⓘ
French archaeological missions ⓘ
functionedAs administrative center ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains city walls ⓘ
palatial and administrative buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
temple complexes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteName Tello NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeity Nanshe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ningirsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonument inscribed cones and bricks ⓘ
statues of Gudea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProduced foundation deposits ⓘ
large corpus of cuneiform tablets ⓘ
votive statues ⓘ
hasRulerAttested Eannatum of Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gudea of Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur-Nanshe of Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTemple E-ninnu temple of Ningirsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
temple of Nanshe NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance key source for Sumerian religion and temple economy ⓘ
key source for understanding Sumerian administration ⓘ
knownFor administrative activities ⓘ
inscribed artifacts ⓘ
temples ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
modernCountry Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Lagash kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole major city of the state of Lagash ⓘ
region southern Iraq ⓘ
religiousFunction cult center of Nanshe ⓘ
cult center of Ningirsu ⓘ
religiousRole important religious center ⓘ
servedAs religious capital of Lagash ⓘ
timePeriod Akkadian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanRole important urban center ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ur III period → hasCenter → city of Girsu ⓘ
Gudea → governedFrom → city of Girsu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girsu
Gudea → associatedWith → city of Girsu ⓘ
Dhi Qar Governorate → contains → city of Girsu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girsu
Dhi Qar Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → city of Girsu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tello (ancient Girsu)
Dhi Qar Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → city of Girsu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tell al-Hiba (ancient Lagash)
Ninurta → majorCultCenter → city of Girsu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girsu