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Almost all of the year names of Ur-Nammu are known, documenting the major events of his reign. [27] [28] The main year names are: "Year Ur-Nammu (became) king" "Year Ur-Nammu made justice in the land" "Year in which the city wall of Ur was built" "Year in which the temple of Nanna was built" "Year Gutium was destroyed"
The so-called Ur III Sumerian King List (USKL), on a clay tablet possibly found in Adab, is the only known version of the SKL that predates the Old Babylonian period. The colophon of this text mentions that it was copied during the reign of Shulgi (2084–2037 BC), the second king of the Ur III dynasty.
The Sumerian King Ur-Nammu (seated), the creator of the Code of Ur-Nammu, bestows governorship on Ḫašḫamer, ensi of Iškun-Sin (cylinder seal impression, c. 2100 BC). The preface directly credits the laws to king Ur-Nammu of Ur (2112–2095 BC). The author who had the laws written onto cuneiform tablets is still somewhat under dispute.
After this battle, Ur-Nammu seems to have earned the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad.' Ur's dominance over the Neo-Sumerian Empire was consolidated with the famous Code of Ur-Nammu, probably the first such law-code for Mesopotamia since that of Urukagina of Lagash centuries earlier. Many significant changes occurred in the empire under Shulgi's ...
The inscription gives Ur-Nammu's titulature as "Ur-Nammu, strong man, king of Ur". Akkadian or Mesopotamian royal titulary refers to the royal titles and epithets (and the style they were presented in) assumed by monarchs in Ancient Mesopotamia from the Akkadian period to the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (roughly 2334 to 539 BC), with some ...
Ur-Nammu gave himself the title of "king of Sumer and Akkad", although the limits of his domains are not precisely known. His inscriptions have been found in numerous Sumerian cities—Nippur, Lagash, Uruk, Larsa, Eridu and Ur—and even in the upper reaches of the Diyala River , [ 5 ] but none in Akkad, so it is possible that the title was ...
In early times, Sumerian temples were simple, one-room structures, sometimes built on elevated platforms. Towards the end of Sumerian civilization, these temples developed into ziggurats—tall, pyramidal structures with sanctuaries at the tops. The Sumerians believed that the universe had come into being through a series of cosmic births such ...
The Sumerian King List (SKL) gives a list of only thirteen rulers from three dynasties of Ur. The once supposed second dynasty of Ur may have never existed. [ 92 ] The first dynasty of Ur may have been preceded by one other dynasty of Ur (the "Kalam dynasty" ) unnamed on the SKL —which had extensive influence over the area of Sumer and ...