Girsu Archive

Sumerian City Of Girsu: Political, Religious Center With Large Archive Of Thousands Of Cuneiform Tablets

AncientPages.com | July 21, 2023

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Modern Tello (Telloh) was an ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates and about 20-25 kilometers north-northwest of Lagash

Archaeology

4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Discovered In The Ancient City Of Girsu

AncientPages.com | February 20, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates, was once part of the Lagash city-state and a political and

Infamous End Of Lugalzagesi – Ambitious King Who United Sumer

AncientPages.com | April 30, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lugalzagesi was a Sumerian king who reigned c. 2341 BC - 2316 BC and lived in the mid-fourteenth century BC. According to his

This relief commemorates the construction by Ur-Nanshe of a temple dedicated to Ningirsu, tutelary god of the city of Lagash. Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York

Artifacts

Sumerian Plaque Dedicated To King Ur-Nanshe, The Founder Of The 1st Dynasty Of Lagash

AncientPages.com | December 5, 2018

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The relief plaques - very popular in the Sumerian society - were often covered with inscriptions and were dedicated to the gods by individual

Artifacts

‘Stone Club Head Of Mesilim’ Probably The Most Powerful Sumerian Ruler At That Time

AncientPages.com | October 12, 2017

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1881, an intriguing artifact known as the "stone club head of Mesilim" was unearthed at Tall Luh (Tello) site, covering the ruins