URUINIMGINA

(previously readURUKAGINA; reigned C. 2351 – C. 2342 B.C.)

Sumerian ruler of Lagash. During his reign, Lagash experienced years of prosperity. Uruinimgina initiated a series of reforms that curtailed excessive taxation and exorbitant fees charged by officials to the population for their services. He also claims to have put an end to the custom of women having more than one husband. He was the last independent ruler of Lagash in the Early Dynastic period, having suffered a defeat by Lugalzagesi of Uruk.