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The Third Dynasty of Ur or Ur III was a Sumerian dynasty based in the city of Ur in the 22nd and 21st centuries BC (middle chronology). For a short period they were the preeminent power in Mesopotamia and their realm is sometimes referred to by historians as the Neo-Sumerian Empire .
There are a number of known Sumerian literary compositions about Ur-Namma, labeled from A to H. [15] [16] The other important later Sumerian literary work is the "Death of Ur-Nammu" (Ur-Namma A), variously described as a "hymn', "lamentation" or "wisdom". [17] It describes the death, funeral, and passge through the underworld of Ur-Nammu.
Map of the world around 2000 BC showing the Third Dynasty of Ur. After a short period of chaos following the fall of the Akkadian Empire the third Ur dynasty was established when the king Ur-Nammu came to power, ruling between c. 2047 BC and 2030 BC.
Elulu (Sumerian: ππ»π», e-lu-lu; fl. c. 2445 BC) [1] is listed as the third king of the First Dynasty of Ur on the Sumerian king list, which states he reigned for 25 years. [2] One early inscription for an "Elulu (or Elili), king of Ur" was found at nearby Eridu, stating that this king had built up the abzu ziggurat for Enki. [3]
The number of grave goods that Woolley uncovered in Puabi's tomb was staggering. They included a heavy, golden headdress made of golden leaves, rings and plates; a superb lyre (see Lyres of Ur) complete with a golden and lapis lazuli-encrusted bearded bull's head; a profusion of gold tableware; golden, carnelian, and lapis lazuli cylindrical beads used in extravagant necklaces and belts; a ...
Shu-Sin, also Šu-Suen (Akkadian: πππππͺ: D Šu D Sîn, after the Moon God Sîn", the "π" being a silent honorific for "Divine", formerly read Gimil-Sin) was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the fourth king of the Ur III dynasty. He succeeded his father Amar-Sin, [1] and reigned 2037–2028 BC (Middle Chronology).
It is thought that terms like mar.tu were used to represent what we now call the Amorites: . In two Sumerian literary compositions written long afterward in the Old Babylonian period, Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird, the Early Dynastic ruler of Uruk Enmerkar (listed in the Sumerian King List) mentions "the land of the mar.tu".
Enheduanna (Sumerian: ππΆπππΎ [1] EnαΈ«éduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants; fl. c. 2300 BC) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (SΔ«n) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r.