Puzer-Mama

Puzer-Mama was a ruler of Lagash before Gudea. Though he adopted the title of lugal, Puzer-Mama shows kinship with future Lagashite kings in the religiosity of his inscriptions.

He took control of Lagash during Shar-kali-sharri’s reign, when troubles with the Guti left the Sargonic king with only “a small rump state whose center lay at the confluence of the Diyala and Tigris river.” (Frayne 1993 p. 186)

Puzer-Mama’s royal inscription — wherein he receives the various gifts of the gods appropriate to rulership: power by Ningirsu, intelligence by Enki, and position by Inanna, (Frayne 1993 p. 272) — may be contrasted with the contemporary religious element in Shar-kali-sharri's various inscriptions: a call for the gods to punish any who alter his inscriptions, and specifically to “tear out his foundations and destroy his progeny” (one of a number of curses for protection found in royal inscriptions starting with the reign of Sargon.)

References

Frayne, Douglas R. (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods (Toronto, Buffalo, London. University of Toronto Press Incorporated)

Notable rulers of Sumer

Antediluvian kings	Alulim Dumuzid the Shepherd En-men-dur-ana Ziusudra

1st Dynasty of Kish	Etana Enmebaragesi

1st Dynasty of Uruk	Enmerkar Lugalbanda Dumuzid, the Fisherman Gilgamesh

1st Dynasty of Ur	Meskalamdug Mesannepada Puabi

2nd Dynasty of Uruk	Enshakushanna

1st Dynasty of Lagash	Ur-Nanshe Eannatum En-anna-tum I Entemena Urukagina

Dynasty of Adab	Lugal-Anne-Mundu

3rd Dynasty of Kish	Kubaba

3rd Dynasty of Uruk	Lugal-zage-si

Dynasty of Akkad	Sargon Tashlultum Enheduanna Rimush Manishtushu Naram-Sin Shar-Kali-Sharri Dudu Shu-turul

2nd Dynasty of Lagash	Puzer-Mama Gudea

5th Dynasty of Uruk	Utu-hengal

3rd dynasty of Ur	Ur-Nammu Shulgi Amar-Sin Shu-Sin Ibbi-Sin

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