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Amar-Girid
Amar-Girid was a ruler of the southern Mesopotamian city of Uruk, known as the leader of insurgents defeated by Naram-Su'en of Akkad and attested only through Naram-Su'en's victory inscription.
Aradmu
Aradmu was a head agricultural administrator (šabra gud) in the Ur III state, known from an archive of 145 cuneiform tablets looted from a site near Nippur.
Ayakalla
Ayakalla was governor of the Mesopotamian city of Umma under the Ur III dynasty, succeeding Ur-Lisi and serving from about 2040 to 2020 BC; he is known from administrative tablets.
Babati
Babati was a high official of the Ur III dynasty, brother of queen Abi-Simti and maternal uncle of king Šu-Suen, who served as governor of Awal and Maškan-šarrum around 2030 BC.
Enmenanna
Enmenanna, also written Enmenana, was a daughter of the Akkadian king Naram-Sin who served as en-priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur around 2250 BC, continuing a royal tradition begun with Enheduanna.
Eshpum
Eshpum (Akkadian Ešpum) was an official of the Akkadian Empire, attested at Susa as ruler of Elam and servant of King Manishtushu in the later 23rd century BC.
Ilshu-rabi
Ilšu-rabi was governor (ensi) of Pašime under the Akkadian king Maništušu around 2270 BC; his stele, dedicated to the god Šuda, was excavated at Tell Abu Sheeja in 2007.
Iphur-Kish
Iphur-Kish (Ipḫur-Kiš) was a leader of the Mesopotamian city of Kish whom its assembly raised to kingship during the Great Revolt against Naram-Sin of Akkad, circa 2254–2218 BCE.
Ir-Nanna
Ir-Nanna was a high official of the Third Dynasty of Ur who served as grand vizier (sukkal-mah) and governor of Lagash in the late 21st century BC.
Lu-Enlila
Lu-Enlila (Sumerian Lú-Enlilá) was a Ur III official responsible for barley at Nippur under King Shu-Suen, known from a barley account and three loan contracts.
Lugal-ushumgal
Lugal-ushumgal (Lugal-ušumgal) was governor (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash under the Akkadian Empire, appointed by Naram-Sin around 2230 BC and retained under Shar-Kali-Sharri.
Lugalannatum
Lugalannatum, also written Lugalanatum, was an ensi, or governor-ruler, of the Mesopotamian city-state of Umma around 2130 BC, known from a dedication inscription naming Si'um as king of Gutium.
Mesag
Mesag (Me-sag) was a governor (ensi) of the southern Mesopotamian city of Umma during the Sargonic period, ca. 2340–2200 BC, known chiefly as the recipient of a Sargonic letter discussing political intrigue.
Meskigal
Meskigal, also read Meskigala, was the Sumerian governor (ensi) of the southern Mesopotamian city of Adab in the time of Sargon of Akkade, and was captured in battle by Rimush.
Satuni
Satuni was a ruler of the Lullubi, warlike tribes of the Sherizor plain in the Zagros Mountains, defeated and apparently subjugated by Naram-Sin of Akkad around 2254–2218 BCE.
Shagshag
Shagshag, also known as Šagšag or Sasa, was the wife of Urukagina, last ruler of Lagash, who headed a household of about 1,000 people at Girsu.
Turam-ili
Turam-ili was a merchant of the Ur III state in northern Babylonia who held the title "overseer of merchants" and is known from fifty-nine tablets now at Yale.
Ubartum
Ubartum was a female physician of the Ur III period in southern Mesopotamia, the best-known woman practicing medicine at the end of the third millennium BC.
Ur-Lisi
Ur-Lisi (Ur-Liši) was governor (ensi) of the southern Mesopotamian province of Umma under the Ur III state, serving from Šulgi year 33 until his dismissal in Amar-Suen year 8.
Ur-Meme
Ur-Meme, also known as Ur-Meme of Nippur, is the 21st-century BC ancestor and name-giver of a Nippur family whose members governed the city in the Ur III period.