En-hegal

En-hegal

En-hegal

King of Lagash

En-hegal, also Enhengal (Sumerian: π’‚—π’ƒΆπ’……, en-αΈ«eβ‚‚-Ε‹alβ‚‚), was possibly an ancient ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.[1] Only one inscription mentioning him is known, the "Tablet of En-hegal", describing a business transaction.[2][3] If indeed a king of Lagash, it is estimated he would have ruled circa 2570 BCE.[4][5]

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Lugalshaengur was governor of Lagash, circa 2600 BCE.

The tablet with his name describes a business transaction, in which a possible King En-hegal buys land.[6] He seems to have purchased about 1,000 hectares of land.[7] A tentative translation of the tablet was published by George A. Barton.[2]

  • The Tablet of En-hegal records major land transactions by King En-hegal.[2]
  • Inscription "For Enhegal King of Lagash", with transcription in standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform (π’‚—π’ƒΆπ’…… π’ˆ—π’‚  𒉒𒁓𒆷, En-hegal Lugal Ε‘e Lagash).[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Enhegal [CDLI Wiki]". cdli.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. [2]
    Barton, George A. (1915). Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents. Philadelphia University. p. 9, see also plates.
  3. [3]
    "Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative".
  4. [4]
    "The inscription by an ensi called Enhegal dates from the Early Dynastic period IH, around 2570 BC." in Leick, Gwendolyn (2009). Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8108-6324-8.
  5. [5]
    Silver, Morris (1995). Economic Structures of Antiquity. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-313-29380-1.
  6. [6]
    Kramer, Samuel Noah (1971). The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. University of Chicago Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-226-45238-8.
  7. [7]
    Adams, Robert McCormick. The Evolution of Urban Society: Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico. Transaction Publishers. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-202-36594-7.

Bibliography

  • Vojtech ZamarovskΓ½, Na počiatku bol Sumer, MladΓ© letΓ‘, 1968 Bratislava
  • Plamen Rusev, Mesalim, Lugal Na Kish: Politicheska Istoriia Na Ranen Shumer (XXVIII-XXVI V. Pr. N. E.), Faber, 2001 (LanguageBulgarian) [(Mesalim, Lugal of Kish. Political History of Early Sumer (XXVIII–XXVI century BC.)]
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