E-ninnu

Eninnu, E- Ninnu (House 50, House fifties ) is the name of a temple of the god Ningirsu ( mistress of Girsu ) at the residence of the Sumerian city Girsu state of Lagash.

Many of Ensis Girsu / Lagash built the temple Eninnu, the main sanctuary of the city. During the fight with the city-state of Umma and the defeat Lagaschs against Umma under Lugalzagisi it was destroyed.

During the reign of Gudea, ensi of the second of the second dynasty of Lagash, the temple was rebuilt and extended. In the known Tempelbauhymne the so-called Cylinder A and Cylinder B, which is one of the most important examples of Sumerian literature, it is described as the god Enlil, the god Ningirsu encouraged to seek build a temple in Girsu. This then appears to Gudea in his sleep, gives him the plan and instructed him to build the temple. After Gudea, as usual, was initially interpreted his dream, he immediately began to build this temple. Finally there is the ceremony of blessing with the blessing of the temple, Ningirsus and Gudea by Enlil.

Probably the temple Eninnu is identical with the Palace of Gudea, which under the leadership of Frenchman Ernest de Sarzec 1877 to 1900 and from 1903 to 1905 and again in 1909, Henri de Genouillac 1929-1931 and André Parrot 1931-1933 unearthed after Gaston Cros been. The extensive area consisted of 52 single units and was larger than the Eanna temple precinct at Uruk. Inside the famous Dioritstatuen of Gudea were found, as well as the no less famous Vulture Stele of Eannatum, a relief plate of Urnansche, two cylinders with inscriptions ( the Tempelbauhymne already mentioned above the cylinders A and B) as well as thousands of cuneiform tablets.

In the 2nd millennium BC, the plant was massively transformed by the Aramean king Adad Nadin Akhe. Up until the time of Hammurabi, the temple and its history were known. So both the temple and be builders Gudea in the Code of Hammurabi were mentioned.