page_title: Lugal
hierarchical_section_title: Lugal
caption_attribution_description: English: The inscription on the statue's shoulder introduces it as the "King of Adab" and the statue is stated to have been devoted to E-shar, the temple of the chief god of Adab. Lugaldalu, who was not listed in the Sumerian king lists, is thought to be a governor of Adab in circa mid-3rd millennium BC. This is one of the 'deputy priest' statues placed in the temples according to the Sumerian belief. Those statues continued to express gratitude to the god on behalf of persons they were representing, when they were out of the temple.
context_page_description: Lugal is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, lu "𒇽" is "man" and gal "𒃲" is "great," or "big."
  It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear. The sign eventually became the predominant logograph for "King" in general. In the Sumerian language, lugal is used to mean an owner or a head.
  As a cuneiform logograph LUGAL.
context_section_description: Lugal (Sumerian: 𒈗) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, lu "𒇽" is "man" and gal "𒃲" is "great," or "big."
  It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear (alongside en and ensi, the exact difference being a subject of debate). The sign eventually became the predominant logograph for "King" in general. In the Sumerian language, lugal is used to mean an owner (e.g. of a boat or a field) or a head (of a unit such as a family).
  As a cuneiform logograph (Sumerogram) LUGAL (Unicode: 𒈗, rendered in Neo Assyrian).
caption: Detail of the Sumerian statue of Lugal-dalu, King of Adab - as stated in the inscription of circa mid-3rd millennium BC, inscription including the Sumerian cuneiform sign of lugal
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