E-iginimpa'e

E-iginimpa'e (Sumerian: 𒂍𒅆𒉏𒉺𒌓𒁺, e2-igi-nim-pa-e3) was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the Mesopotamian city of Adab in the mid-3rd millennium BCE, probably circa 2400 BCE.^[2] He succeeded another ensi known as Mugsi.^[3][4]

E-iginimpa'e 𒂍𒅆𒉏𒉺𒌓𒁺
Ruler of Adab
Votive tablet of E-iginimpa'e, Hermitage Museum (reconstitution).[1]
Reign	25th century BCE
Predecessor	Mug-si
Successor	Meskigal
Dynasty	Dynasty of Adab
Religion	Sumerian religion

Adab

E-iginimpa'e was ruler of Adab, circa 2500 BCE.

He is known from several inscriptions, most of them located in the Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, with one tablet in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.^[5][6] He was a contemporary of Lugal-zage-si as several land transactions are recorded between the two.^[2]

One of his tablets reads, dedicated to goddess Digirmah or Ensimah (𒀭𒈤, equivalent of Martu) reads:^[7]

𒀭𒈤 𒂍𒅆𒉏𒉺𒌓𒁺 𒃻𒑐𒋼𒋛 𒌓𒉣𒆠 𒂍𒈤 𒈬𒈾𒆕 𒌫𒁉𒆠𒂠 𒋼𒁀𒋛

^d-mah/ e2-igi-nim-pa-e3/ GAR-ensi/ adab{ki}/ e2-mah mu-na-du/ ur2-be2 ki-sze3/ temen ba-si

"For the goddess Digirmah, E-iginimpa'e, ensi-GAR of Adab, built the E-Mah for her, and buried foundation deposits below its base"

— Tablet of E-iginimpa'e in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.^[8][9]

E-iginimpa'e was "ensi-GAR", the highest civil office in Adab.^[10]