Enannatum II (, ; ), son of

Entemena Entemena, also called Enmetena (, ; ), was a son of Enannatum I who re-established Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Il in a territorial conflict through an alliance with Lugal-kinishe-dudu of Uruk, successor to Enshakushanna, who is in ...

, was '' Ensi'' (governor) of

Lagash Lagash (; cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Lagaš'') was an ancient city-state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash ( ...

. Only a few inscriptions of Enannatum II are known, suggesting a short reign. One of these inscriptions, of which four nearly identical instances are known, appears on a door socket from the great storehouse of

Ningirsu Ninĝirsu was a Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian god regarded as the tutelary deity of the city of Girsu, Ĝirsu, and as the chief god of the local pantheon of the state of Lagash. He shares many aspects with the god Ninurta. Ninĝirsu was identified as ...

at Lagash, which he restored: He had a son named Lummadur, the last representative of the house of

Ur-Nanshe Ur-Nanshe (, ; ) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III. He is known through inscriptions to have commissioned many building projects, including canals and temples, in the state of ...

, who apparently never held an official title. It seems that the power of Lagash waned at this point, and that other territories such as

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("Gishban") and

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prevailed. Enannatum II was the last member of the family of

. He was succeeded by a priest named Enentarzi. File:Inscribed head of a mace with Imdugud (Anzu) and Enannatum, the British Museum, London..JPG, Inscription on the mace head, possibly dedicated to Enannatum II: "For

of E-ninnu, the workman of Enannatum, ruler of Lagash, Barakisumun, the ''sukkal'', dedicated this for the life of Enannatum, his Master." File:Stone block Enannatum son of Entemena.jpg, Door socket dedicated to

by "Enannatum, ensi of Lagash (...) son of

", hence Enannatum II, grandson of Enannatum I.Full transliteration File:Enannatum son of Entemena.jpg, Inscriptions "Enannatum (...) son of Entemena" () on the door socket.

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