Lugalshaengur (, ''Lugal-sha-engur''), (), was '' ensi'' (governor) of the

Sumer Sumer () is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. ...

ian city-state 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 ( ...

. The First dynasty of Lagash is dated to the 25th century BCE. Lugalshaengur was tributary to Mesilim. Following the hegemony of

Mesannepada Mesannepada (, ES-AN-NE2-PAD3-DA, Mesh-Ane-pada or Mes-Anne-pada ("Youngling chosen by An"; died ) was the first king listed for the First Dynasty of Ur on the Sumerian king list. He is listed to have ruled for 80 years, having overthrown Lu ...

of Ur,

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 ...

succeeded Lugalshaengur as the new high priest of Lagash and achieved independence, making himself king. He defeated Ur and captured the king of

Umma Umma () in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been sugges ...

, Pabilgaltuk. Lugalshaengur is known by an inscription on the head of a mace dedicated by King Mesilim of

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, who was therefore contemporary with him. File:Carved_figure_feathers_Louvre_AO221.jpg, King priest on a votive tablet to

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 ...

, around the time of Lugalshaengu, before

. Found in Girsu, near

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. File:Tablet of the figure with feathers, circa 2700 BCE, Girsu, Sumer.jpg, Transcription of the tablet. File:Lugalshaengur inscription.jpg, Fragmentary inscription ''Lugalshaengur Ensi Lagash'' (), "Lugalshaengur, Governor of Lagash" on the mace of Mesilim

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* Vojtech Zamarovský, ''Na počiatku bol Sumer'', Mladé letá, 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.) {{Rulers of Sumer Kings of Lagash 26th-century BC Sumerian kings 3rd-millennium BC births 3rd-millennium BC deaths

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