Kingship in Ur Quotes From Texts
(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)
(mixed-breed demigods in teal…)
ZIGGURAT TEMPLE RESIDENCES OF THE GODS
E-temen-ni-guru, main ziggurat of Ur
E-kish-nu-ngal (House sending light to the earth (?)) temple to Nanna in Ur
E-ab-lua (House with teeming cattle) temple to Suen in Urum / Ur
E-ngeshtug-Nisaba (House of the Wisdom of Nisaba) in Ur
E-Dilmuna “temple of Dilmun” {land given Ninsikila) in Ur
E-dbur-dsin, temple to the deified king Bur-Sin in Ur
E-hursang (House which is a hill) of Shulgi in Ur
E-mud-kura, temple in Ur
“Uruk was smitten with weapons; its kingship to Ur was carried…”
“city which was responsible for the emergence of human seed…”
“After kingship was brought to Ur, Mesannepadda ruled for 80 years;
Meskiagnunna, the son of Mesannepadda, ruled 36 years;
Elulu ruled 25 years and Balulu ruled 36 years.
All told, four kings ruled a total of 177 years
before Ur was defeated in battle and its kingship carried off to Awan…”
Kingship in Ur (Second Dynasty)
“After kingship was brought back to Ur, Nani ruled .. ,
Meshkiagnanna, son of Nani, ruled ….
(text destroyed) …..
All told, four kings ruled a total of 116 (?) years
before Ur was defeated and its kingship carried off to Adab…”
Kingship in Ur (Third Dynasty)
“After kingship was brought back to Ur, Ur-Nammu ruled 18 years;
Shulgi, son of Ur-Nammu, ruled 48 years;
Amar-Sin, son of Shulgi, ruled 9 years;
Shu-Sin, son of Amar-Sin (an error for ‘son of Shulgi’), ruled 9 years and
Ibbi-Sin, son of Shu-Sin, ruled 24 years.
All told, five kings ruled for a total of 108 years
before Ur was defeated and its kingship carried off to Isin…”