an ancient Sumerian city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, at the modern village of Telloh in SE Iraq: a palace, statuary, and inscribed clay tablets unearthed here.
La·gash (lā'gāsh) An ancient city of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia. It flourished c. 2400 B.C. and after the fall of Akkad (2180) enjoyed a classical revival noted for its sculpture and literature.