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    Ur Ur-Pabilsag (๐’Œจ๐’€ญ๐’‰บ๐’‰‹๐’Š•, ur-dpa-bil2-sag) was an early ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian...
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  • was the main cult center of Pabilsaฤ. He was also worshiped in Isin, Nippur and Lagash. Additional attestations come from Ur, Umma, Sippar, Babylon, Assur...
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    title "Ur-Pabilsag, king of Ur". It has been suggested that his tomb was grave PG 779. He may have died around 2550 BCE. The tomb of Ur-Pabilsag (Grave...
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  • Ur (/สŠษ™r/ oor; Sumerian: ๐’Œถ๐’† , ๐’‹€๐’€•๐’† , or ๐’‹€๐’€Š๐’†  Urim; Akkadian: ๐’‹€๐’€•๐’† , romanized:ย Uru; Arabic: ุฃููˆู’ุฑ, romanized:ย สพลซr; Hebrew: ืื•ึผืจโ€Ž, romanized:ย สพลซr)...
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    of the largest royal tombs in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, tomb PG 779, associated with Ur-Pabilsag, a king who died around 2550 BC. Sir Leonard Woolley's...
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    Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: ๐’Œจ๐’€ญ๐’‡‰, ruled c. 2112 BC โ€“ 2094 BC middle chronology, or possibly c. 2048โ€“2030 BC short chronology)...
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    Sumer (section Ur III period)
    Lyres of Ur. Sumerian culture was male-dominated and stratified. The Code of Ur-Nammu, the oldest such codification yet discovered, dating to the Ur III,...
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    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...
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    often span thousands of years. In the oldest known version, dated to the Ur III period (c.โ€‰2112ย โ€“ c.โ€‰2004 BC) but probably based on Akkadian source material...
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    Ur-Nanshe (Sumerian: ๐’Œจ๐’€ญ๐’€, UR-NANล E) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic...
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    earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE. It was followed by a transitional period of Amorite states...
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    Uruk. In Uruk, Ur-ningin reigned 7 years, Ur-gigir, son of Ur-ningin, reigned 6 years; Kuda reigned 6 years; Puzur-ili reigned 5 years, Ur-Utu reigned 6...
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    dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud Ur-Pabilsag Meskalamdug (Queen Puabi) Akalamdug...
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    though he became a major figure in Sumerian legend during the Third Dynasty of Ur (c.โ€‰2112ย โ€“ c.โ€‰2004 BC). Tales of Gilgamesh's legendary exploits are narrated...
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    First Dynasty of Ur (26th-25th century BCE) The First Dynasty of Ur was a 26th-25th century BCE dynasty of rulers of the city of Ur in ancient Sumer. It...
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  • Ur-Zababa is listed on the Sumerian King List as the second king of the 4th Dynasty of Kish. This text also records that Ur-Zababa had appointed Sargon...
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    dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud Ur-Pabilsag Meskalamdug (Queen Puabi) Akalamdug...
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  • Asia portal Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the sixth Sumerian ruler in the First Dynasty of Uruk (c.โ€‰26th century BC), according to the Sumerian King List, which...
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  • ancient Mesopotamia, which extends between the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur and the conquest of Mesopotamia by King Hammurabi of Babylon leading to the...
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    short-lived "Fifth dynasty of Uruk", followed by Ur ruler Ur-Nammu (c. 2047โ€“2030 BC), founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. There are very few hard facts available...
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    Meskalamdug (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    "B" on the left), next to royal tomb of Ur-Pabilsag (PG 779, marked "A" in the center) and tomb of Ur-Pabilsag's queen on the right (PG 777, "C") A gold...
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    power. Power over the area finally went to the city-state of Ur, when Ur-Nammu founded the Ur III Empire (2112โ€“2004 BC) and conquered the Sumerian region...
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    Babylon, Borsippa and Kish, but left the walls of southern cities, such as Ur and Uruk, as they were. Nebuchadnezzar also began work on the Royal Canal...
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    the Djebel Biszri". By the time of the last days of the Third Dynasty of Ur, the immigrating Amorites had become such a force that kings such as Shu-Sin...
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    dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud Ur-Pabilsag Meskalamdug (Queen Puabi) Akalamdug...
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    dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud Ur-Pabilsag Meskalamdug (Queen Puabi) Akalamdug...
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    Nippur. A late Babylonian inventory lists his donations of gold vessels in Ur and Nabonidus, c.โ€‰555 to 539 BC, consulted his stele for the ฤ“ntu-priestess...
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    managed to sack Ur and lead Ibbi-Sin into captivity, ending the third dynasty of Ur. The Akkadian kings of Isin, successor state to Ur, managed to drive...
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    daughter of the ruler Ur-Baba (2164โ€“2144 BC) of Lagash, thus gaining entrance to the royal house of Lagash. He was succeeded by his son Ur-Ningirsu. Gudea ruled...
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    dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud Ur-Pabilsag Meskalamdug (Queen Puabi) Akalamdug...
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