Editing Lagash (section)

====Ur-Nanshe====
While many details like the length of reign are not known for the next ruler, [[Ur-Nanshe]], a number of his inscriptions have been found, most at Lagash with one stele at Ur, which along with [[Umma]], he claimed to have conquered in battle.<ref>Romano, Licia, "Urnanshe’s Family and the Evolution of Its Inside Relationships as Shown by Images", La famille dans le Proche-Orient ancien: réalités, symbolismes et images: Proceedings of the 55e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Paris, edited by Lionel Marti, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 183-192, 2014</ref> Almost all deal with the construction of temples, one details how he "built the wester[n] channel at the side of Sa[la]/ channel at the side of S[al] (against) the Amorites". He is described as the "son of Gu-NI.DU" (occasionally as "son of Gur:SAR"), and his inscriptions list a number of sons and daughters.<ref>Jacobsen, Thorkild, "Ur-Nanshe’s Diorite Plaque", Orientalia, vol. 54, no. 1/2, pp. 65–72, 1985</ref> Several inscription say "He [had the ships of Dil]mun sub[mit] [timber] (to Lagaš) as tribute." His son [[Akurgal]] ruled briefly after him.<ref>Douglas Frayne, "Lagas", in Presargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC), RIM The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Volume 1, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 77-293, 2008 ISBN 9780802035868</ref>