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Ensi (Sumerian)
Sumerian title for a ruler or prince / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Sumerian cuneiform. For other uses, see Ensi (disambiguation).
Ensi (cuneiform: 𒑐𒋼𒋛 pa.te.si Sumerian: ensik, "lord of the plowland"; Emesal dialect: umunsik; Akkadian: iššakkum)[1][2] was a Sumerian title designating the ruler or prince of a city-state. Originally it may have designated an independent ruler, but in later periods the title presupposed subordinance to a lugal.
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