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The Third Dynasty of Ur is commonly abbreviated as Ur III by historians studying the period. It is numbered in reference to previous dynasties, such as the First Dynasty of Ur (26-25th century BC), but it seems the once supposed Second Dynasty of Ur was never recorded.
Shulgi (𒀭𒂄𒄀 d šul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.He reigned for 48 years, from c. 2094 – c. 2046 BC (Middle Chronology). [4]
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 southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
The king of Ur, his son will wrong him, and the son who wronged his father, Šamaš will catch him. He will die in the mourning place of his father" from the end of the reign of Shulgi of the Ur III dynasty. A date of 25 July 2093 BC has been proposed. These prophecies were written after the fact to help predict future events.
Articles related to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112 BC – c. 2004 BC), a Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur, and to its short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire. The Third Dynasty of Ur was the last Sumerian dynasty which came to preeminent power in Mesopotamia.
[47] [48] [49] Two ensis (governors) of Karaḫar under the Ur III empire are known, Ea-rabi and Arad-Nanna. [50] During the reign the fourth ruler of the Ur III dynasty Shu-Sin (c. 2037–2028 BC) it is known that the military governor of the nearby city of Pašime was a Arad-Nanna though it is not known if that was the same person. [51]
Utu-hengal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒌓𒃶𒅅, D utu-ḫe₂-g̃al₂), also written Utu-heg̃al, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his son-in-law Ur-Nammu.
The Isin-Larsa period (c. 2025 –1763 BCE, Middle Chronology, or 1961–1699 BCE, Short Chronology) [1] is a phase in the history of 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 creation of the First Babylonian dynasty. [2]