Enentarzi

Enentarzi (𒂗𒇷𒋻𒍣, en-en₃-tar-zid,[2] also 𒂗𒂊𒋻𒍣, en-e-tar-zi[3] was Ensi (governor) of Lagash.[4][5] He was originally a chief-priest of Lagash for the god Ningirsu.[5][6]

Enentarzi 𒂗𒂊𒋻𒍣
Governor of Lagash
Report to Enentarzi of the defeat of 600 Elamites who came to plunder Lagash.[1]
Reign	c. 2400  BC
Predecessor	Enannatum II
Successor	Lugalanda
Dynasty	1st Dynasty of Lagash

Lagash

Enentarzi was governor of Lagash, circa 2400 BC.

He succeed Enannatum II who only had a short reign and was the last representative of the house of Ur-Nanshe.[7][8] It seems that the power of Lagash waned at this point, and that other territories such as Umma ("Gishban") and Kish prevailed.[9]

Enentarzi probably ruled for at least 4 years.[6]

An inscription records that 600 Elamites came to plunder Lagash during the rule of Enentarzi, but that they were repelled.[10]

He was succeeded by another priest named Enlitarzi, and then his son Lugalanda.[6]

References

1. THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.
2. "Sumerian Dictionary". oracc.iaas.upenn.edu.)
3. THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.
4. Crawford, Harriet (2013). The Sumerian World. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-136-21912-2.
5. Gonnet, Hatice; Breniquet-Coury, Catherine; Garelli, Paul; Durand, Jean-Marie (2015). Le Proche-Orient asiatique. Tome 1: Des origines aux invasions des peuples de la mer (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 144. ISBN 978-2-13-073719-3.
6. Jones, C. H. W. (2012). Ancient Babylonia. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-107-60572-5.
7. Radau, Hugo (2005). Early Babylonian History: Down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-1-59752-381-3.
8. Gadd, C. J.; Edwards, I. E. S.; Hammond, N. G. L. (1970). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-521-07051-5.
9. Radau, Hugo (2005). Early Babylonian History: Down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-59752-381-3.
10. THUREAU-DANGIN, Fçois (1907). "Une Incursion Élamite en Territoire Sumérien: A l'Époque Présargonique". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 6 (4): 139–142. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283625.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Enannatum II	Governor of Lagash ca. 25th century BCE	Succeeded by Lugalanda