Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: π¨ππ, ruled c. 2112 BC β 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in...
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king of the Akkad Dynasty, Shar-Kali-Sharri, and the first king of Ur III, Ur-Nammu, is not well documented, but most Assyriologists posit that there was...
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The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c.β2100β2050...
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Nammu (ππ dENGUR = dLAGABΓαΈͺAL; also read Namma) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a creator deity in the local theology of Eridu. It is assumed...
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Neo-Sumerian city of Ur, along with the Royal Mausolea and the Palace of Ur-Nammu (the E-hursag). The ziggurat was built by King Ur-Nammu, who dedicated it...
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was built in the 21st century BC (short chronology), during the reign of Ur-Nammu and was reconstructed in the 6th century BC by Nabonidus, the last king...
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Gutian rule in Mesopotamia (section Ur-Nammu Year Name)
short-lived "Fifth dynasty of Uruk", followed by Ur ruler Ur-Nammu (c. 2047β2030 BC), founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. There are very few hard facts available...
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Shulgi (redirect from Shulgi of ur)
construction of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, begun by his father Ur-Nammu. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "King of Sumer and Akkad" and...
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nearby Ur there was a temple of Ishtar of Eridu (built by Lagash's ruler Ur-Baba) and a sanctuary of Inanna of Eridu (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu). Ur-Nammu...
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