Lagash Gudea (Sumerian: 𒅗𒌤𒀀, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080–2060 BC (short chronology)...
14 KB (1,209 words) - 06:19, 30 January 2024
Gudea cylinders The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to c. 2125 BC, on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the...
24 KB (2,845 words) - 23:01, 22 April 2024
Approximately twenty-seven statues of Gudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia. Gudea was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash between c. 2144 BC...
10 KB (680 words) - 09:25, 1 December 2023
Thebes", Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. 2124 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, dies. c. 2120 BC: Votive statue of Gudea from Lagash (Iraq) is made. 2119 BC–2113...
4 KB (470 words) - 11:42, 12 April 2024
E-badbarra, "house, outer wall." Yet another one was built in Girsu by Gudea, though its name is unknown. This ruler considered him to be his personal...
18 KB (2,204 words) - 20:55, 1 April 2024
religion and art, as in the "Libation vase of Gudea", dedicated to Ningishzida by the Sumerian ruler Gudea (21st century BCE short chronology). The mušḫuššu...
7 KB (608 words) - 10:03, 15 March 2024
The Gudea Mare (Hungarian: Göde-patak) is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș in Stânceni. Its...
2 KB (104 words) - 14:40, 9 March 2022
Sumer was the Eshumesha temple in Nippur. Ninĝirsu was honored by King Gudea of Lagash (ruled 2144–2124 BC), who rebuilt Ninĝirsu's temple in Lagash...
40 KB (4,146 words) - 13:27, 18 February 2024
ruled c. 2110 BC. He was the son of the previous ruler of Lagash named Gudea. A statue of Ur-Ningirsu, dedicated to Ningishzida (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒄑𒍣𒁕...
6 KB (459 words) - 22:33, 18 March 2024