In the dedicatory inscription the king is referred to as a patesi, and the fact that the name of the high priest, Dudu, is given may be taken as an indication of the growing power of an aggressive priesthood. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
As in Assyria, so too in the states of Babylonia the _patesi_ or high-priest of the god preceded the king. ❋ Various (N/A)
The state had grown up around a sanctuary, the god of which was nominally its ruler, the human _patesi_ being his viceregent. ❋ Various (N/A)
The same chronicle informs us that Ilu-sh [= u] ma, an early Assyrian patesi, was the contemporary of Su-abu, the founder of ❋ Various (N/A)
This is made evident by the inscriptions which record the social reforms of Urukagina, the ill-fated patesi of Lagash. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
A patesi of Lagash had a chariot which was drawn by asses. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
Entemena inflicted upon the rebels a crushing defeat, and following up his success, entered the walled city and captured and slew the patesi. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
He began to rule as patesi, but afterwards styled himself king. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
On the "stele of victory", which belongs to the period of Eannatum, patesi of Lagash, the dead bodies on the battlefield are piled up in pairs quite naked, and earth is being heaped over them; this is a specimen of mound burial. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
Entemena, the pious patesi of Lagash, whose memory is associated with the famous silver vase decorated with the lion-headed eagle form of Nin-Girsu, had been raised to the dignity of a god, and Ammiditana caused his statue to be erected so that offerings might be made to it. ❋ Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1904)
The original seat of his worship was Muru in South Babylonia, to which the patesi of Girsu in the time of Ibi-Sin sent grain as an offering. ❋ Theophilus Goldridge Pinches (1895)
When the patesi had finished, the goddess addressed him and said she would explain to him the meaning of his dream. ❋ Unknown (1894)
This occurred in the reign of Gudea, patesi of Lagash, who lived some centuries before our Sumerian document was inscribed. ❋ Unknown (1894)
And on the right hand the patesi beheld an ass that lay upon the ground. ❋ Unknown (1894)
For the patesi, though he began to prepare for the building of the temple, was not content even with Ninâ's assurance. ❋ Unknown (1894)
Before the patesi himself it seemed that a fair cushion was placed, and upon the cushion was set ❋ Unknown (1894)
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. ❋ Unknown (1894)
But as they were uttered in a dream, it was necessary that the patesi, in view of his country's peril, should have divine assurance that they implied no other meaning. ❋ Unknown (1894)
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. ❋ Unknown (1894)
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. ❋ Unknown (1894)
