Enannatum I

{{Infobox royalty | name = Enannatum I {{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺}}}} | image = Stone plaque depicting Enannatum I, king of Lagash Early Dynastic III 2424-2405 BCE from Girsu.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = The inscription "Enannatum, Ensi of Lagash" ({{cuneiform|𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺 𒑐𒋼𒋛 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠}}) is located before the profile of Enannatum, vertically. Detail of a stone plaque. {{circa}} 2420 BC. From Girsu, Iraq. The British Museum, London.<ref>{{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P222470 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}</ref> | spouse = Ashumen | issue = Meannesi Lummatur Entemena | reign = c. 2425 BC | father = Akurgal | predecessor = Eannatum | successor = Entemena | dynasty = 1st Dynasty of Lagash | succession = King of Lagash }} {{Location map | Near East | width = 260px | float = right | border = | caption = Location of Lagash | alt = | relief = yes | AlternativeMap = | overlay_image = | label = Lagash | label_size = | position = | background = | mark = | marksize = | link = | lat_deg = 31.411389 | lon_deg = 46.407222 }} '''Enannatum I''' ({{langx|sux|{{cuneiform|𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺}}}}, {{Transliteration|sux|EN.AN.NA-tum2}} {{fl.|{{circa}} 2425 BC}}), son of Akurgal, succeeded his brother Eannatum as ''Ensi'' (ruler, king) of Lagash.<ref name="CGLI">{{cite web |title=Enanatum I |url=http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=enanatum_i |website=Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative |publisher=Oxford University}}</ref> During his rule, Umma once more asserted independence under its ensi Ur-Lumma, who attacked Lagash unsuccessfully. After several battles, Enannatum I finally defeated Ur-Lumma.<ref name="CGLI"/> Ur-Lumma was replaced by a priest-king, Il, who also attacked Lagash.

Enannatum had a son named Meannesi, who is known for dedicating a statue for the life of his father and mother.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bahrani |first1=Zainab |author-link=Zainab Bahrani |title=Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-60140-0 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spJbp4bu9lIC&pg=PA100 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Meannesi |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P222494 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}</ref> He has two other sons, Lummatur and Entemena, the latter succeeding him to the throne.<ref name="CGLI"/> His wife was named Ashumen.<ref name="CGLI"/>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> File:The cuneiform text states that Enannatum I reminds the gods of his prolific temple achievements in Lagash. Circa 2400 BCE. From Girsu, Iraq. The British Museum, London.jpg|The cuneiform text states that Enannatum I reminds the gods of his prolific temple achievements in Lagash. Circa 2400 BCE. From Girsu, Iraq. The British Museum, London. File:En-annatum in cuneiform.jpg|The name "En-annatum" in cuneiform File:Tablet of Enannatum son of Akurgal.jpg|Tablet of Enannatum I: "Enannatum, ''ensi'' of Lagash, son of Akurgal, ''ensi'' of Lagash, built a temple to Ningirsu,...."<ref name="Découvertes en Chaldée">{{cite book|last1=Sarzec|first1=Ernest|title=Découvertes en Chaldée...|date=1896|publisher=L. Heuzey|page=Plate XLVI|url=http://1886.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/items/viewer/76267#page/n519/mode/1up|access-date=2020-03-25|archive-date=2021-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307194455/http://1886.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/items/viewer/76267#page/n519/mode/1up|url-status=dead}}</ref> File:Tablet of Enannatum I.jpg|Tablet of Enannatum I: "Enannatum, ''ensi'' of Lagash, son of Akurgal, ''ensi'' of Lagash, built a temple to Ningirsu,...."<ref name="Découvertes en Chaldée"/> File:British Museum - Room 56 (21162542886).jpg|Mace head with the eagle of Lagash, dedicated to the life of Enannatum, possibly Enannatum II.<ref name="Metropolitan Museum of Art">{{cite book|title=Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus|date=2003|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=978-1-58839-043-1|pages=75–76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8l9X_3rHFdEC&pg=PA75|language=en}}</ref> File:Inscribed head of a mace with Imdugud (Anzu) and Enannatum, the British Museum, London..JPG|Inscription on the mace head: "For Ningirsu of E-ninnu, the workman of Enannatum, ruler of Lagash, Barakisumun, the ''sukkal'', dedicated this for the life of Enannatum, his Master."<ref name="Metropolitan Museum of Art"/> </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}}{{S-start}} {{s-reg}} {{Succession box | before = Eannatum | title = King of Lagash | years = c. 2425 BC | after = Entemena }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:En-Anna-Tum 01}} Category:Kings of Lagash Category:25th-century BC Sumerian kings Category:3rd-millennium BC births Category:25th-century BC deaths