Editing Lagash (section)

====Entemena====
The next ruler, [[Entemena]] increased the power of Lagash during his rule. A number of inscriptions from his reign are known.<ref>Nies, James B., "A Net Cylinder of Entemena", Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 36, pp. 137–39, 1916</ref><ref>Barton, George A., "A New Inscription of Entemena", Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 262–65, 1931</ref> He was a contemporary of Lugalkinishedudu of Uruk.<ref>Gadd, C. J., "Entemena : A New Incident", Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie Orientale, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 125–26, 1930</ref>

Entemena was succeeded by his brother Enannatum II, with only one known inscription  where he "restored for the god Ningirsu his brewery".<ref name="Frayne" /> He was followed by two more minor rulers, Enentarzi (only one inscription from his 5 year reign, which mentions his daughter Gem[e]-Baba), and Lugalanda (several inscriptions, one mentions his wife Bara-namtara) the son of Enentarzi. The last ruler of Lagash, [[Urukagina]], was known for his judicial, social, and economic reforms, and his may well be the first legal code known to have existed.<ref>A. Deimel, "Die Reformtexte Urukaginas", Or. 2, 1920</ref><ref>Foxvog, Daniel A., "A New Lagaš Text Bearing on Uruinimgina’s Reforms", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 46, pp. 11–15, 1994</ref> He was defeated by Lugalzagesi, beginning when Lugalzagesi was ruler of Umma and culminating as ruler of Uruk, bringing an end to the First Dynasty of Lagash.<ref>Lambert, Maurice, "La guerre entre Urukagina et Lugalzagesi", Rivista Degli Studi Orientali, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 29–66, 1966</ref> About 1800 [[cuneiform]] tablets from the reigns of the last three rulers of Lagash, of an administrative nature, have been found, mostly.<ref>Stephens, Ferris J., "Notes on Some Economic Texts of the Time of Urukagina", Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie Orientale, vol. 49, no. 3, 1955, pp. 129–36</ref><ref>Joachim Marzahn, "Altsumerische Verwaltungstexteaus Girsu/Lagaš. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmälerder Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Neue Folge Heft IX (Heft XXV), Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1991</ref><ref>Barton, George A., "The Babylonian Calendar in the Reigns of Lugalanda and Urkagina", Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 251–71, 1911</ref> The tablets are mostly from the "woman’s quarter" also known as the temple of the goddess [[Bau (goddess)|Babu]]. It was under the control of the Queen.<ref>Schrakamp, Ingo, "[https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/fub188/23835/bsa_053_07.pdf?sequence=1 Irrigation in 3rd millennium southern Mesopotamia: cuneiform evidence from the Early Dynastic IIIB City-State of Lagash (2475–2315 BC)]", in Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, pp. 117-195, 2018</ref>
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File:The cuneiform text states that Enannatum I reminds the gods of his prolific temple achievements in Lagash. Circa 2400 BCE. From Girsu, Iraq. The British Museum, London.jpg|The cuneiform text states that Enannatum I reminds the gods of his prolific temple achievements in Lagash. Circa 2400 BC. From Girsu, Iraq. The British Museum, London
File:Lagash in cuneiform.jpg|The name "Lagash" ({{Script/Cuneiform|𒉢𒁓𒆷}}) in vertical cuneiform of the time of [[Ur-Nanshe]].
File:Eagle of Lagash.jpg|The [[Anzû]], symbol of Lagash, in a [[Master of Animals]] motif, at the time of [[Entemena]].
File:Stele of the vultures (war).jpg|The armies of Lagash led by [[Eannatum]] in their conflict against Umma.
File:Stele of the vultures (lancers).jpg|Lancers of the army of Lagash against Umma
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