Editing Gudea (section)

{{Short description|Sumerian king of Lagash (died c. 2124 BC)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Gudea<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒅗𒌤𒀀}}}}
| image        = Gudea of Lagash Girsu.jpg
| image_size   = 250
| caption      = [[Diorite]] statue of Gudea, prince of Lagash, dedicated to the god Ningishzida, [[Louvre Museum]]
| death_date   = c. 2124 BC
| spouse       = Ninalla
| issue        = [[Ur-Ningirsu II]]
| reign        = c. 2144 – c. 2124 BC
| father       = 
| predecessor  = [[Ur-Baba]]
| successor    = [[Ur-Ningirsu II]]
| succession   = [[List of kings of Lagash|King of Lagash]]
}}
{{Location map
| Near East
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| float      = right
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| caption    = Location of [[Lagash]]
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| label      = [[Lagash]]
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| lat_deg    = 31.411389
| lon_deg    = 46.407222
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'''Gudea''' ([[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]: {{script|Xsux|𒅗𒌤𒀀}}, ''Gu<sub>3</sub>-de<sub>2</sub>-a''; died {{Circa}} 2124 BC) was a [[Sumer|Sumerian]] ruler (''[[Ensí|ensi]]'') of the state of [[Lagash]] in Southern [[Mesopotamia]], who ruled {{Circa|2080}}–2060 BC ([[short chronology]]) or 2144–2124 BC ([[middle chronology]]). He probably did not come from the city, but had married Ninalla, [[Princess|daughter]] of the ruler [[Ur-Baba]] (2164–2144 BC) of Lagash, thus gaining entrance to the royal house of Lagash. He was succeeded by his son [[Ur-Ningirsu|Ur-Ningirsu II]]. Gudea ruled at a time when the center of [[Sumer]] was still ruled by the [[Gutian dynasty]], and when the Akkadian king [[Ishtup-Ilum]] ruled to the north in [[Mari, Syria|Mari]].<ref name="MLD227">{{cite book |last1=Durand |first1=M.L. |title=Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible: TELL HARIRI/MARI: TEXTES |page=227 |date=2008|url=http://pix.archibab.fr/4Dcgi/11710M2807.pdf}}</ref> Under Gudea, Lagash had a golden age, and seemed to enjoy a high level of independence from the [[Gutians]], a [[language isolate]] speaking people who had arrived from regions to the northeast of Mesopotamia.<ref name="MCC">{{cite book |last1=Corporation |first1=Marshall Cavendish |title=Ancient Egypt and the Near East: An Illustrated History |date=2010 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7934-5 |pages=54–56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-kshvab3k4C&pg=PA54 |language=en}}</ref>