Lugalshaengur

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Lugalshaengur (Sumerian: Lugal-sha-engur) was the ensi, or governor, of Lagash, a Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, around 2530 BC. He belonged to Lagash’s first dynasty and was a tributary of Mesilim, the king of Kish. A famous mace-head from that time, now in the Louvre, records this relationship. It bears an inscription from Mesilim saying he built the temple of Ningirsu and brought this mace head for Ningirsu, with Lugalshaengur named as prince of Lagash. The mace-head also shows the emblem of Ningirsu—a lion-headed eagle—with six lions.

Later, after the rise of Mesannepada in Ur, Ur-Nanshe would become independent and take the kingship of Lagash, defeating Ur and capturing the king of Umma, Pabilgaltuk. Lugalshaengur is mainly known from the inscription on the mace-head, which confirms he was a contemporary of Mesilim.