#Zawadzki sees this as an example of deliberate degradation of the ruler of #Umma to the role of an unworthy person whose name and position in history the rulers of #Lagash did not want to record for posterity.
#DamnatioMemoriae
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oldest known examples of such practices come from around 3000–2000 BC. He cites the example of #Lagash (an ancient city-state founded by the #Sumerians in southern #Mesopotamia),
✨ Estatua sedente de Gudea de Lagash ✨ 5 Datos para conocer esta escultura revolucionaria.
🏛️ ¿Conocías su historia? OS LEO 🤓
#revolutionofantiquity #antique #antiquity #urk #isthar #sumer #Mesopotamianmythology #sumer #obsession #gudea #lagash #archaeology
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #homodeus #harari #sumeria #god #gods #corporation #corporate #personhood #uruk #lagash #shurupak #legal #property #ownership #loans
Ok, if you need a distraction from [waves hands in all directions] why don’t you check out tonight’s talk by project director Holly Pittman on @pennmuseum.bsky.social’s excavations at #Lagash, Iraq.
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On Wednesday Holly Pittman, the director of @pennmuseum.bsky.social’s #Lagash excavations, will be giving a talk about the variety of scientific techniques that we use investigating that site. Sign up for it here:
www.penn.museum/calendar/377...
I don’t actually have a Facebook account, but I was alerted to this video over there from our last season at #Lagash, Iraq:
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Meaning of #lagash Lagash-refers to the expression : ancient Sumerian city of Mesopotamia, from the third millennium to . C , discovered by the excavations carried out in 1887-.. lagash
Meaning of #lagash lagash was the name of one of the oldest cities in Sumeria and later was from Babylon. Today its ruins are a series of mounds lined up. Currently, it belongs to Iraq and is called Tell al-Hiba... lagash
Significado de #lagash lagash fue el nombre de una de las ciudades más antiguas de Sumeria y que después fue de Babilonia. En la actualidad sus ruinas son una serie de montículos alineados. En la actualidad, pertenece a Irak y se denomina Tell al-Hiba... lagash
Significado de #lagash Lagash-refere-se à expressão : antiga cidade suméria da Mesopotâmia, do terceiro milênio ao . C , descoberto pelas escavações realizadas em 1887-.. lagash
Significado de #lagash lagash era o nome de uma das cidades mais antigas da Suméria e mais tarde era da Babilônia. Hoje suas ruínas são uma série de montes alinhados. Atualmente, pertence ao Iraque e se chama Tell al-Hiba... lagash
Original study:
@emilylhammer, Multi-centric, Marsh-based #Urbanism at the early #Mesopotamian city of #Lagash (Tell al-Hiba, Iraq), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 68, 2022. 🔐💵
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