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The period between the last powerful 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 a brief "dark age", followed by a power struggle among the most powerful city-states.
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]
This is well attested in the archives from the Ur III period, where only a handful of texts mention Belet-Šuḫnir on her own. [10] In the texts of the Ur administration where the two are paired, Belet-Šuḫnir always precedes Belet-Terraban, though in inscriptions from two seals from Eshnunna (Tell Asmar) they are arranged in the opposite ...
A period of abandonment; Uncertain but thought to be Second Dynasty of Ur (c. 2300 BC) Ur III period (c. 2100 BC) Copper Alloy, Tell al-'Ubaid (Iraq), From Exhibit: "This sculpture, one of four found in the deposit, carries a dedicatory inscription of A-anne-pada recording the construction of the temple to Ninhursag."
The remains of a city wall are visible surrounding the site. The occupation size ranged from about 15 hectares in the Jemdet Nasr period to 90 hectares in the Early Dynastic period and then peaking in the Ur III period at 108 hectares and the Isin-Larsa period at 140 hectares, extending beyond the city walls.
With the Ur empire in decline the city of Malgium conquered Irisaĝrig roughly after year 10 of Ibbi-Sin (c. 2028–2004 BC), the last ruler of the Ur III empire. Tablets showed that six rulers of Malium ruled over Irisaĝrig. They left the existing Ur III administrative system in place while changing to the calendar of Malgium. [31] [32]
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During Ur III period (c. 2112-2004 BC), the city was ruled by a governors (ensi 2) appointed by Ur. One is known to be Ur-nigar, son of Shulgi, first rulers of Ur III. One of the tablets found at the site is dated by a year name to the beginning of the reign of Shu-Sin, next to last ruler of Ur III. [11]