Ur-Nanshe (Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒀏, UR-NANŠE) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic...

Nanshe (Sumerian: 𒀭𒀏 dNANŠE (AB✕ḪA)) was a Mesopotamian goddess in various contexts associated with the sea, marshlands, the animals inhabiting these...

rulers from the 1st Dynasty of Lagash, including Ur-Nanshe, "Ane-tum", En-entar-zid, Ur-Ningirsu, Ur-Bau, and Gudea. Little is known of the first two...

Ur-Nanshe (also called Ornina) was a singer of Ishtar's temple in the kingdom of Mari. A seated statue was discovered in the temple to Ishtar in Mari...

an inspiration for the Garden of Eden story. Dilmun on the relief of Ur-Nanshe Dilmun was an important trading center from the late fourth millennium...

of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and...

Mesannepada of Ur, Ur-Nanshe succeeded Lugal-sha-engur as the new high priest of Lagash and achieved independence, making himself king. He defeated Ur and captured...

Ur (/ʊər/ OOR) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: تَلّ ٱلْمُقَيَّر, lit...

Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒇉, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in...

exact function is unknown. Examples include the votive relief of king Ur-Nanshe of Lagash and his family found at Girsu and that of Dudu, a priest of...