En-hegal explained
En-hegal, also Enhengal (Sumerian:,), was possibly an ancient ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.[1] Only one inscription mentioning him is known, the "Tablet of En-hegal", describing a business transaction.[2] If indeed a king of Lagash, it is estimated he would have ruled circa 2570 BCE.[3] [4]
The tablet with his name describes a business transaction, in which a possible King En-hegal buys land.[5] He seems to have purchased about 1,000 hectares of land.[6] A tentative translation of the tablet was published by George A. Barton.
See also
Bibliography
- 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.)]
Notes and References
- Web site: Enhegal [CDLI Wiki]]. 2020-12-22. cdli.ox.ac.uk.
- Web site: Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative .
- "The inscription by an ensi called Enhegal dates from the Early Dynastic period IH, around 2570 BC." in Book: Leick . Gwendolyn . Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia . 2009 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-6324-8 . 102 . en.
- Book: Silver . Morris . Economic Structures of Antiquity . 1995 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-29380-1 . 182 . en.
- Book: Kramer . Samuel Noah . The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character . 1971 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-45238-8 . 75 . en.
- Book: Adams . Robert McCormick . The Evolution of Urban Society: Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico . Transaction Publishers . 978-0-202-36594-7 . 106 . en.
