Gudea's Temple Building: The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image by Claudia E. Suter

Gudea's Temple Building: The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image

Cuneiform Monographs

Claudia E. Suter

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Gudea of Lagash, who ruled at the end of the third millennium B.C., wanted to be remembered as a temple builder. An extensive narrative inscribed on two huge clay cylinders, one of the longest and best preserved Sumerian texts, recounts his constr...

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