Puzer-Mama
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Puzer-Mama was a ruler of Lagaš before Gudea. Though he adopted the title of lugal, Puzer-Mama shows kinship with future Lagašite kings in the religiosity of his inscriptions. Taking control of Lagaš during Sarkalisarri’s reign, when troubles with the Guti left the Sargonic king with only, “a small rump state whose center lay at the confluence of the Diyala and Tigris river.” (Sargonic and Gutian Periods, p. 186) Contrast Puzer-Mama’s royal inscription, wherein he receives the various and thematically appropriate gifts of the gods, power by Ningirsu, intelligence by Enki, position by Inanna, (Sargonic and Gutian Periods, p. 272) thereby making him suitable for rulership, with the contemporary religious element of Sarkalisarri’s various inscriptions, a call for the gods to punish any who alter his inscriptions, specifically to, “tear out his foundations and destroy his progeny.” This curse, dating back to the reign of Sargon, was one of a number of varied calls for protection of royal inscriptions. It became the standard curse, with examples of use by Sargon’s sons Rimŭs and Manistusu, by Naram-Sin, Sarkalisarri, and then during the Gutian dynasties by Erridu-Pizer and La-arab.
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Frayne, Douglas R. (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods. Toronto, Buffalo, London. University of Toronto Press Incorporated
