Editing Lagash (section)

===Under the Akkadian Empire===
In his conquest of [[Sumer]] circa 2300 BC, [[Sargon of Akkad]], after conquering and destroying [[Uruk]], then conquered [[Ur]] and E-Ninmar and "laid waste" the territory from Lagash to the sea, and from there went on to conquer and destroy [[Umma]], and he collected tribute from [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] and [[Elam]]. He triumphed over 34 cities in total.<ref name="SCHO">{{cite web |title=MS 2814 – The Schoyen Collection |url=https://www.schoyencollection.com/history-collection-introduction/sumerian-history-collection/cuneiform-indus-valley-ms-2814 |website=www.schoyencollection.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

Sargon's son and successor [[Rimush]] faced widespread revolts, and had to reconquer the cities of [[Ur]], [[Umma]], [[Adab (city)|Adab]], Lagash, [[Der (Sumer)|Der]], and [[Kazallu]] from rebellious ''[[Ensi (Sumerian)|ensis]]''.<ref name="WLH93">{{cite book |last1=Hamblin |first1=William J. |title=Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC: Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-52062-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biyDDd0uKGMC&pg=PT93 |language=en}}</ref>

Rimush introduced mass slaughter and large scale destruction of the Sumerian city-states, and maintained meticulous records of his destruction.<ref name="WLH93"/> Most of the major Sumerian cities were destroyed, and Sumerian human losses were enormous: for the cities of [[Ur]] and Lagash, he records 8,049 killed, 5,460 "captured and enslaved" and 5,985 "expelled and annihilated".<ref name="WLH93"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Crowe |first1=D. |title=War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice: A Global History |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-03701-5 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSnFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT10 |language=en}}</ref>

A Victory Stele in several fragments (three in total, [[Louvre Museum]] AO 2678)<ref>{{cite web |title=Site officiel du musée du Louvre |url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=12124 |website=cartelfr.louvre.fr}}</ref> has been attributed to Rimush on stylistic and epigraphical grounds. One of the fragments mentions Akkad and Lagash.<ref name="Le Nom d'Agadé Sur Un Monument de S"/> It is thought that the stele represents the defeat of Lagash by the troops of Akkad.<ref name="Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins"/> The stele was excavated in ancient [[Girsu]], one of the main cities of the territory of Lagash.<ref name="Le Nom d'Agadé Sur Un Monument de S"/>

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File:Fragments of the Victory Stele of Rimush (Heuzey).jpg|Fragments of the Victory Stele of Rimush. The Victory Stele also has an epigraphic fragment, mentioning Akkad and Lagash.<ref name="Le Nom d'Agadé Sur Un Monument de S">{{cite journal |last1=Heuzey |first1=Léon |title=Le Nom d'Agadé Sur Un Monument de Sirpourla |journal=Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale |date=1895 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=113–117 |jstor=23284246 |issn=0373-6032}}</ref> It suggests the stele represents the defeat of Lagash by the troops of Akkad.<ref name="Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins">{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Ariane |last2=Potts |first2=Timothy |title=Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins |date=2020 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-1-60606-649-2 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsHEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179 |language=en}}</ref>
File:Victory stele-AO 2678-IMG 9053-gradient.jpg|Possible victory stele of king Rimush (front).<ref name="ML">{{cite web|title=Musée du Louvre-Lens - Portail documentaire - Stèle de victoire du roi Rimush (?)|url=http://ressources.louvrelens.fr/EXPLOITATION/oeuvre-ao-2678.aspx|website=ressources.louvrelens.fr|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Generally attributed to Rimush on stylistic grounds.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=McKeon|first1=John F. X.|title=An Akkadian Victory Stele|journal=Boston Museum Bulletin|date=1970|volume=68|issue=354|page=235|jstor=4171539|issn=0006-7997}}</ref>
File:P1150890 Louvre stèle de victoire Akkad AO2678 rwk.jpg|Detail
File:Man of Lagash, circa 2270 BCE (portrait).jpg|Man of Lagash, circa 2270 BC, from the Victory Stele.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Ariane|last2=Potts|first2=Timothy|title=Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins|date=2020|publisher=Getty Publications|isbn=978-1-60606-649-2|page=79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsHEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179|language=en}}</ref> The same hairstyle can be seen in [[:File:Ur-Ningirsu II Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin VA 8790.jpg|other statues]] from Lagash.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Foster|first1=Benjamin R.|title=The Sargonic Victory Stele from Telloh|journal=Iraq|date=1985|volume=47|pages=15–30|doi=10.2307/4200229|jstor=4200229 |s2cid=161961660 }}</ref>
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