The arrangement of the reliefs upon the stone thus forcibly illustrates the belief of this early period that the god of the city was its real ruler, whose minister and servant the patesi was, not merely in metaphor, but in actual fact.
The patesi who led the forces of Umma is not named by Eannatum upon the Stele of the Vultures, but from the Cone of Entemena[4] we learn that his name was Ush.
In further support of this view we may perhaps cite a reference to one of the cities conquered by Eannatum, which occurs upon a votive text drawn up in Entemena's reign, though not by the patesi himself.
Urukagina tells us that under the old regime, if a man put away his wife, the patesi took for himself five shekels of silver and the grand vizir one.
In the shrines of Sumer did they set him up to be the patesi of the lands, and in Erech (they appointed him) to be chief priest.
The man whose stature was so great, and whose head was that of a god, was the god Ningirsu, and the words which he uttered were an order to the patesi to rebuild the temple Eninnû.
The story goes on to relate that, while the patesi slept, a vision of the night came to him, and he beheld a man whose stature was so great that it equalled the heavens and the earth.
Before the patesi himself it seemed that a fair cushion was placed, and upon the cushion was set a mould, and within the mould was a brick.
And on the right hand the patesi beheld an ass that lay upon the ground.
When the patesi had finished, the goddess addressed him and said she would explain to him the meaning of his dream.
This occurred in the reign of Gudea, patesi of Lagash, who lived some centuries before our Sumerian document was inscribed.
The symbolism of the ass, as a beast of burden, was applicable to the patesi in his task of carrying out the building of the temple.
Then, as the patesi lay stretched upon the ground, the god again appeared to him and gave him detailed instructions, adding that he would grant the sign for which he asked.
The second man, who was like a warrior, was the god Nibub; and the plan of the temple which he drew was the plan of Eninnû; and the ass that lay upon the ground was the patesi himself.
The vengeful destroyer of Lagash was Lugal-zaggisi, Patesi of Umma, a masterful figure in early Sumerian history.
This is made evident by the inscriptions which record the social reforms of Urukagina, the ill-fated patesi of Lagash.
A patesiof Lagash had a chariot which was drawn by asses.
Not until the period of Gudea, the Patesi of Lagash, did they give their gods heavy moustaches, side whiskers, and flowing beards of Semitic type.
The Patesi of Umma was evidently determined to free, once and for all, his native state from the yoke of Lagash.
Ush, however, a certain ambitious patesi of Gishban, is not satisfied with this decision.
Gunammide, the patesi of Gishban, according to the command of his god … the Guedin, the beloved territory of Ningirsu he destroyed.
Mentioning only another patesithat belongs to this period, Ur-(dingir) Utu(?
It invades, under its patesi Gunammide, the territory of Shirpurla, and more specifically the Guedin, a district sacred to Ningirsu.
Only one patesiis known to us from a tablet recently published by Thureau-Dangin, in the Revue d’Assyriologie.
Lugalzaggisi, the son of Ukush, patesi of Gishban, we find at the head of the armies of Gishban, which he leads victoriously against the south.
Not very much can be concluded from this, because even Ur-Nina is styled by Eannatum “patesi of Shirpurla.
Many stone vases of the late period of Sumerian supremacy have been brought to light, but none so interesting or so illuminating as that of Gudea, patesi of Lagash (cf.
The priest of Nin-girsu ranked immediately after the patesi himself, and his temples are entirely national in character.
Gudea, patesi or priest-king of Lagash about 2450 B.
One of the earliest Babylonian rulers whose seals have been recovered is Lugal-anda, patesi or priest-king of Lagash, and the immediate predecessor of Urukagina, the last king of the first dynasty of Lagash.
Portion of the "Vulture Stele" of Eannatum, Patesi of Lagash 186 XIII.
From the shoulders of the intermediary emanate two serpents, the head of the near one exactly resembling the strange reptiles on the vase of the same patesi (cf.
While he prayed the patesi was stretched out upon the ground, and the god, standing near his head, then answered him.
And on the right hand the patesi beheld an ass which lay upon the ground.
Its text ends with the long description of the sumptuous manner in which the patesi carried out the work, the most striking points of which we have just summarized.
And into the mountain of cedars, where no man before had penetrated, the patesi cut a road, and he brought cedars and beams of other precious woods in great quantities to the city.
As only gods and kings are mentioned in the oath formulas of this period, it follows that Shamshi-Adad was a king, or at any rate a patesi or ishshakku.
But after a period which cannot be accurately determined a certainpatesi of Gishkhu, named Ush, was filled with ambition to extend his territory at the expense of Shirpurla.
As for Lugalzaggisi, patesi of Gishkhu, may his goddess Ni-daba bear on her head (the weight of) this transgression!
In this way the patesi inaugurated the manufacture of the sun-dried bricks for the temple, the sacred brick which he had made being the symbol and pattern of the innumerable bricks to be used in its construction.
It would appear that the death of the reigning patesi in Shirpurla was always the signal for an attack upon that city by the men of Gishkhu.
For many centuries the king himself had been a patesi of Anu--high-priest of the sky-god.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "patesi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
