Editing Lagash (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Mesopotamian city state}}
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{{Infobox ancient site
 |name = Lagash
 |native_name =𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 
 |alternate_name = Al-Hiba
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 |map_dot_label  =Lagash
 |map_type = Iraq
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 |relief=yes
 |coordinates = {{coord|31|24|41|N|46|24|26|E|display=inline,title}}
 |location = [[Al-Shatrah]], Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
 |region = [[Mesopotamia]]
 |type = Settlement
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 |area = 400 to 600 ha
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 |built = 3rd millennium BC
 |abandoned = 
 |epochs = Early Dynastic, Sargonic, Ur III
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 |excavations = 1887, 1968–1976, 1990, 2019–present
 |archaeologists = Robert Koldewey, Vaughn E. Crawford, Donald P. Hansen
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'''Lagash'''{{#tag:ref|[NU<sub>11</sub>.BUR].LA<sup>KI</sup><ref>{{cite web|url=http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?searchword=l=lagac%20t=SN&charenc=gcirc|title=ETCSLsearch|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> or [ŠIR.BUR].LA<sup>KI</sup>, "storehouse"<ref>''The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary.'' "[http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/epsd/e3246.html Lagash]." Accessed 19 Dec 2010.</ref> [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: ''Nakamtu'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/epsd/e3246.html|title=ePSD: lagaš[storehouse]|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> |group=}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|ɡ|æ|ʃ}}; cuneiform: {{Script/Cuneiform|𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠}} <small>LAGAŠ<sup>KI</sup></small>; [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]: ''Lagaš'') was an ancient [[city-state]] located northwest of the junction of the [[Euphrates]] and [[Tigris]] rivers and east of [[Uruk]], about {{convert|22|km}} east of the modern town of [[Al-Shatrah]], Iraq. Lagash (modern Al-Hiba in [[Dhi Qar Governorate]]) was one of the oldest cities of the [[Ancient Near East]]. The ancient site of Nina ([[Tell Zurghul]]) is around {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} away and marks the southern limit of the state. Nearby [[Girsu]] (modern Telloh), about {{convert|25|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Lagash, was the religious center of the Lagash state. The Lagash state's main temple was the [[E-ninnu]] at Girsu, dedicated to the god [[Ningirsu]]. The Lagash state incorporated the ancient cities of Lagash, Girsu, Nina.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Henry |title=Ancient Mesopotamia |date=2018 |publisher=Ozymandias Press |isbn=978-1-5312-6292-1 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dPF4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 |language=en}}</ref>