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La⋅gash

[ley-gash]
–noun
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.
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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.
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