E-iginimpa'e

E-iginimpa'e (Sumerian: 𒂍𒅆𒉏𒉺𒌓𒁺, e2-igi-nim-pa-e3; fl. c. 2400 BC)^[2] was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the Mesopotamian city of Adab. He may have succeeded another ensi known as Mug-si.^[3][4]

E-iginimpa'e 𒂍𒅆𒉏𒉺𒌓𒁺
Votive tablet of E-iginimpa'e, Hermitage Museum (reconstitution)[1]
King of Adab
Reign	c. 2400 BC
Predecessor	Possibly Paraganedu
Successor	Possibly Mug-si
Dynasty	Dynasty of Adab
Religion	Sumerian religion

Adab

Location of Adab

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]