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Akurgal (, "Descendant of the Great Mountain" in Sumerian; ) was the second king (Ensi) of the first dynasty of Lagash. His relatively short reign took place in the first part of the 25th century BCE, during the period of the archaic dynasties. He succeeded his father, Ur-Nanshe, founder of the dynasty, and was replaced by his son Eannatum.

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Royalty.name
Akurgal
Royalty.image
Akurgal as son of Ur-Nanshe, on the votive relief of Ur-Nanshe.jpg
Royalty.image_size
250
Royalty.caption
Akurgal as son of Ur-Nanshe, on the votive relief of Ur-Nanshe. The name of Akurgal () appears on the skirt, vertically. The character next to it to the left is , dumu, for "child", "son". Louvre Museum
Royalty.issue
Eannatum Enannatum I
Royalty.reign
c. 2460 BC
Royalty.father
Ur-Nanshe
Royalty.predecessor
Possibly Ur-Nanshe
Royalty.successor
Possibly Eannatum
Royalty.dynasty
1st Dynasty of Lagash
Royalty.succession
King of Lagash

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Akurgal (, "Descendant of the Great Mountain" in Sumerian; ) was the second king (Ensi) of the first dynasty of Lagash. His relatively short reign took place in the first part of the 25th century BCE, during the period of the archaic dynasties. He succeeded his father, Ur-Nanshe, founder of the dynasty, and was replaced by his son Eannatum.

Very little is known about his reign: only six inscriptions mention it. One of them reports that he built the Antasura of Ningirsu.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akurgal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.