Seal from PG 1236 with inscription "Aja-Anzu", also read "A-Imdugud". Upper register: a nude hero fighting lions. Lower register: chariotter trampling an enemy, and foot soldiers escorting a naked prisoner.[1][2][3]
A-Imdugud (𒀀𒀭𒅎𒂂 ADIM.DUGUDMUŠEN, named after God
Imdugud, also read Aja-Anzu),[1] was an early ruler of the
First Dynasty of Ur in the 27th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian King List, but is known from an inscribed seal found in tomb PG 1236 in the
Royal Cemetery at Ur, which is the largest and probably the earliest tomb structure at the cemetery.[4]
Tomb
Several artefacts are known from tomb PG 1236, a twin tomb at the
Royal Cemetery at Ur, although the tomb was robbed in the past.[5][6] Two inscribed seals were found, one is a banquet scene with an inscription Gan-Ekiga(k), and another with the depiction of a nude hero fighting lions and a war scene reminiscent of the
Standard of Ur, with the name Aja-Anzu, also read A-Imdugud.[1] This seals is very similar to the seal of
Mesannepada.[1] Gold leaves with embossed designs, as well as a reconstituted gold scepter, have also been found in the tomb.[7]
The name "A-Imdugud" on the seal
Plan of tomb PG 1236, with three chambers, thought to belong to A-Imdugud. Royal Cemetery of Ur.
Tomb PG 1236, at the
Royal Cemetery of Ur. Domed chambers seen from above, and robbers' hole.
Tomb PG 1236, at the
Royal Cemetery of Ur. Doorway, and domed tomb chambers seen from above.
Artifacts
Banquet scene with an inscription Gan-Ekiga(k), PG 1236.[1]
Gold foil, tomb PG 1236
Design embossed on the gold foil, tomb PG 1236, thought to belong to A-Imdugud,
Royal Cemetery of Ur.[7]
Gold, carnelian and lapis-lazuli beads, tomb PG 1236
^Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1900).
Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. p. 340, item 54.
^Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1934).
Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. p. Plaques 116, 117.
^Hamblin, William James. Warfare in the ancient Near East to 1600 BC: holy warriors at the dawn of history, p. 49. Taylor & Francis, 2006.
ISBN978-0-415-25588-2
^
abcHall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1900).
Ur excavations. [n.p.] Pub. for the Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. pp. 111–113.
Seal from PG 1236 with inscription "Aja-Anzu", also read "A-Imdugud". Upper register: a nude hero fighting lions. Lower register: chariotter trampling an enemy, and foot soldiers escorting a naked prisoner.[1][2][3]
A-Imdugud (𒀀𒀭𒅎𒂂 ADIM.DUGUDMUŠEN, named after God
Imdugud, also read Aja-Anzu),[1] was an early ruler of the
First Dynasty of Ur in the 27th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian King List, but is known from an inscribed seal found in tomb PG 1236 in the
Royal Cemetery at Ur, which is the largest and probably the earliest tomb structure at the cemetery.[4]
Tomb
Several artefacts are known from tomb PG 1236, a twin tomb at the
Royal Cemetery at Ur, although the tomb was robbed in the past.[5][6] Two inscribed seals were found, one is a banquet scene with an inscription Gan-Ekiga(k), and another with the depiction of a nude hero fighting lions and a war scene reminiscent of the
Standard of Ur, with the name Aja-Anzu, also read A-Imdugud.[1] This seals is very similar to the seal of
Mesannepada.[1] Gold leaves with embossed designs, as well as a reconstituted gold scepter, have also been found in the tomb.[7]
The name "A-Imdugud" on the seal
Plan of tomb PG 1236, with three chambers, thought to belong to A-Imdugud. Royal Cemetery of Ur.
Tomb PG 1236, at the
Royal Cemetery of Ur. Domed chambers seen from above, and robbers' hole.
Tomb PG 1236, at the
Royal Cemetery of Ur. Doorway, and domed tomb chambers seen from above.
Artifacts
Banquet scene with an inscription Gan-Ekiga(k), PG 1236.[1]
Gold foil, tomb PG 1236
Design embossed on the gold foil, tomb PG 1236, thought to belong to A-Imdugud,
Royal Cemetery of Ur.[7]
Gold, carnelian and lapis-lazuli beads, tomb PG 1236
^Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1900).
Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. p. 340, item 54.
^Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1934).
Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. p. Plaques 116, 117.
^Hamblin, William James. Warfare in the ancient Near East to 1600 BC: holy warriors at the dawn of history, p. 49. Taylor & Francis, 2006.
ISBN978-0-415-25588-2
^
abcHall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1900).
Ur excavations. [n.p.] Pub. for the Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. pp. 111–113.