page_title: Nam-mahani
section_title: Inscriptions
hierarchical_section_title: Nam-mahani / Inscriptions
caption_attribution_description: Votive macehead in the name of King Nam-Mahani and Queen Ninkagina of Lagash, dedicated to god Kindazi, circa 2100 BCE.English: BM 22445 Macehead dedicated by Nam-Mahani
context_page_description: Nam-mahani was a Sumerian ruler, and the last ensi of Lagash circa 2100 BCE, roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul. His reign was followed by that of Utu-hengal, who destroyed the power of the Gutian Dynasty, and put and end to the power of the various city-states, reunifying the Sumerian realm.
context_section_description: Nam-mahani is known from various inscriptions, and especially a macehead dedicated by queen Ninkagina and bearing the name of King Nam-Mahani, to god Kindazi:
  𒀭𒃱𒍣 / 𒈗𒀀𒉌 / 𒉆𒋾 / 𒉆𒈤𒉌 / 𒑐𒋼𒋛 / 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠𒂠 / 𒎏𒅎𒄀𒈾 / 𒌉𒅗𒆬𒆤 /  𒅇𒉆𒋾𒆷𒉌𒂠 / 𒀀𒈬𒈾𒊒 /𒅆𒁕𒁀 / 𒈗𒈬𒁀𒍣𒄀 / 𒃶𒈠𒁕𒍣𒍣 / 𒈬𒁉
  kinda2-zi / lugal-a-ni / nam-ti / nam-mah-ni / ensi2 / lagash-ka-she3 / nin-inim-gi-na / dumu ka-ku3-ke4 / u3 nam-ti-la-ni-she3 / a mu-na-ru / shita2-ba / lugal-mu ba-zi-ge / he2-ma-da-zi-zi / mu-bi
  
  "To Kindazi, her king. Nin-kagina, daughter of Kaku, donated this on account of the life of Nammahani, ruler of Lagash, and also for her life"
  — Inscription of Nin-kagina for the life of Nam-mahani
caption: Macehead dedicated by Queen Nin-kagina for Nam-Mahani, British Museum, BM 22445
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