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Asia portal. Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the sixth Sumerian ruler in the First Dynasty of Uruk ( c. 26th century BC ), according to the Sumerian King List, which also claims he ruled 30 years. [1] Both the Sumerian King List and the Tummal Chronicle state he was the son of Gilgamesh, but only the Sumerian King List records he was the father of Udul ...
Ningal ( Sumerian: "Great Queen"; [2] Akkadian Nikkal [3]) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna /Sin. She was particularly closely associated with his main cult centers, Ur and Harran, but they were also worshiped together in other cities of Mesopotamia.
An inscription, possibly belonging to a contemporary official under Gilgamesh, was discovered in the archaic texts at Ur; his name reads: "Gilgameš is the one whom Utu has selected". Aside from this the Tummal Inscription , a thirty-four-line historiographic text written during the reign of Ishbi-Erra ( c. 1953 – c. 1920 BC ), also mentions ...
Ur. Kish. Mari. class=notpageimage|. Location of Ur, Kish and Mari. Mesannepada ( Sumerian: 𒈩𒀭𒉌𒅆𒊒𒁕, Mesannipàdda [MES-AN-NE 2 -PAD 3 -DA]), Mesh-Ane-pada or Mes-Anne-pada ("Youngling chosen by An") was the first king listed for the First Dynasty of Ur (c. 26th century BC) on the Sumerian king list. [4] .
- fl. c. 2600 BC
- Meskalamdug
Uruk, today known as Warka, was a city in the ancient Near East situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of ancient Larsa.
Mar 31, 2015 · Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the heir of Gilgamesh, a shadowy figure from the Sumerian king list who also appears as maintaining the temple of Enlil at Nippur in the Tummal Inscription. There's something strange about this name: [ame=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manungal "]Nungal [/ame] is also the name of a goddess.
