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Ur-nigin
Ur-nigin, also written Ur-nigina, was a king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, the first ruler of its short Fourth Dynasty, around the late 23rd century BC.
Ur-Ningirsu
Ur-Ningirsu, sometimes called Ur-Ningirsu II, was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2110–2080 BC, the son and successor of the well-known ruler Gudea.
Ur-Ninurta
Ur-Ninurta of Isin was the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, reigning from 1925 to 1898 BC and succeeded by his son Bur-Sin.
Ur-Nungal
Ur-Nungal, variant Ur-lugal, is a legendary king of the First Dynasty of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, named as the son of Gilgamesh and given a 30-year reign.
Ur-Pabilsag
Ur-Pabilsag was an Early Dynastic ruler of the Sumerian city of Ur around 2600–2450 BC, known from a single inscribed vase fragment found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur.
Ur-Utu
Ur-Utu, born Bēlānum, was chief lamentation priest of the goddess Annunītum at Sippar-Amnānum in the Old Babylonian period; his excavated house at Tell ed-Dēr yielded the largest private Old Babylonian archive, about 2,000 tablets.
Ur-Zababa
Ur-Zababa of Kish was a Sumerian king known from the Sumerian King List and the poem Sargon and Ur-Zababa, which tells how his cupbearer Sargon overthrew him.
Urad-Gula
Urad-Gula (Urād-Gula) was an exorcist at the Neo-Assyrian royal court under Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, son of the chief exorcist Adad-šumu-uṣur, and was later expelled from court service.
Urad-Nanaya
Urad-Nanaya (Urdu-Nanāia, Arad-Nanā) was a scholar-healer and chief physician at the Neo-Assyrian court under King Esarhaddon in the 7th century BC, known from fourteen letters found at Nineveh.
Urdukuga
Urdukuga of Isin was the thirteenth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, reigning four years around 1831–1828 BC between Iter-piša and Sîn-māgir.
Urra=hubullu
Urra=hubullu, also known as Harra=hubullu, is an ancient Mesopotamian lexical series pairing Sumerian words with their Akkadian equivalents, first compiled around 1900–1600 BC and copied for over a millennium.
Uruk King List
The Uruk King List, also known as King List 5, is a Late Babylonian tablet from Uruk, Iraq, recording the reign lengths of kings from Kandalanu to Seleucus II Callinicus.
Uruk period
Uruk period: late 4th-millennium BCE Mesopotamian era named for Uruk (Warka), when the first cities, monumental architecture, cylinder seals, and proto-cuneiform writing emerged, with the Uruk expansion across the Near East.
Uruk Trough
The Uruk Trough is a carved limestone trough from Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, dated about 3300–3000 BC and now in the British Museum, with reliefs of sheep before a reed hut symbolizing the goddess Inanna.
Urukagina
Urukagina, also read Uruinimgina or Irikagina, was the last ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, reigning ten years in the 24th century BC and remembered for his Reform Texts.
Ush's seizure of the Gu'edena
Ush's seizure of the Gu'edena was Ush of Umma's removal of a boundary stele and entry into Lagash's border plain, opening the Lagash–Umma conflict around 2450 BC.
Utu-hengal
Utu-hengal, also written Utu-hegal or Utu-khegal, was a Sumerian king of Uruk who defeated the Gutian king Tirigan and briefly restored Sumerian rule around 2120 BC.
Utu-hengal's war against the Gutians
Utu-hengal's war against the Gutians was the campaign of Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, against the Gutian king Tirigan around 2120 BC, ending Gutian rule over Sumer.
Vase of Entemena
The Vase of Entemena, also called the Silver vase of Enmetena, is a silver votive vase dedicated by Lagash's ruler Enmetena to the god Ningirsu around 2400 BC.
Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa
The Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa, also called Enuma Anu Enlil tablet 63, is a Babylonian text recording Venus's risings and settings over 21 years of King Ammi-ṣaduqa's reign.
Verse Account of Nabonidus
The Verse Account of Nabonidus is a fragmentary Akkadian polemical poem vilifying Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, composed after Cyrus's conquest of the city in 539 BC.
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, also known as the Naram-Sin victory stele, is a limestone bas-relief in the Louvre commemorating King Naram-Sin's victory over the Lullubi mountain people.
Wabartum
Wabartum is the Akkadian term for a small Assyrian trading station in the Old Assyrian caravan network between Assur and Anatolia, around 2000 to 1700 BC.
Wadi Brisa inscriptions
The Wadi Brisa inscriptions, also written Wadi Brisah, are twin rock-cut inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar II in the Lebanon mountains near Hermel, recording his cedar-cutting expedition.
Walls of Babylon
Walls of Babylon: the ancient fortifications of Babylon, Iraq, comprising the twin Imgur-Enlil and Nēmet-Enlil walls, Nebuchadnezzar II's outer rampart, moat, and the Ishtar Gate; a classical Wonder of the World.
War between Eshnunna and Elam
The wars between Eshnunna and Elam were 18th-century BC conflicts fought over trade routes, culminating in a coalition under sukkalmah Siwe-palar-huppak that destroyed Eshnunna's dynasty.
War between Larsa and Isin
The war between Larsa and Isin was a roughly two-century rivalry between southern Mesopotamian kingdoms, ending when Rim-Sin of Larsa conquered Isin around 1792 BC.
War of Ashur-resh-ishi I against Babylon
The war of Ashur-resh-ishi I against Babylon was an early 12th-century BC border conflict over east-Tigris fortresses, in which Assyrian chronicles record victories over Ninurta-nādin-šumi and Nebuchadnezzar I.
War of Marduk-nadin-ahhe against Assyria
The war of Marduk-nadin-ahhe against Assyria was a late 11th-century BC conflict along the Tigris: Babylon seized statues of Adad and Šala, and Tiglath-pileser I captured Babylon but left Marduk-nadin-ahhe on his throne.
War of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam
The war of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam was a late 12th-century BC conflict in which Babylonia defeated Elamite king Ḫulteludiš-Inšušinak at the Ulāya River, ending Elamite domination of Babylonia.