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Ur

A great southern city sacred to the moon-god Nanna (modern Tell el-Muqayyar), capital of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The pin marks the tablet's findspot; the small adjacent mounds of Diqdiqqah are grouped here.

7 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

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    Ur-Nanše 31

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    En-anatum I 06

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    En-metena 17

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    En-metena 06

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    Mes-KALAM-du (the prince) 1

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    A-Ane-pada 6

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    A-Ane-pada 2

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    Anonymous Ur 02

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    Anonymous Ur 03

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    Anonymous Ur 06

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    An(u)bu 3

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    An(u)bu 2

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    Anonymous Ur 16

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    Anonymous Ur 17

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    Anonymous Ur 19

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    Anonymous Ur 21

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    Anonymous Ur 22

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    Anonymous Ur 23

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 6

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    A-Anzu 1 / CDLI Seals 001446

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    Gan-kug-sig 1 / CDLI Seals 001443

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    Mes-KALAM-du 1 / CDLI Seals 001439

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    Mes-KALAM-du 2

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    Mes-KALAM-du 3 / CDLI Seals 001441

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    A-KALAM-du 1 / CDLI Seals 001440

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    Mes-Ane-pada 2 / CDLI Seals 006519

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    Mes-Ane-pada 3 / CDLI Seals 001442

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    Mes-Ane-pada 4

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    A-Ane-pada 7add

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    Sargon 16

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    Sargon 2003 / CDLI Seals 001436

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    Sargon 2004 / CDLI Seals 001437

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    Sargon 2005 / CDLI Seals 012025

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    Lu-saga 1

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    Ur-nigina 1

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    Utu-hegal 2001

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    Utu-hegal 2002

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    Naram-Suen 34

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    Naram-Suen 2018

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    Naram-Suen 2019 / CDLI Seals 001417

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    Ur-Bau 12

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    Ur-Bau 13

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    Gudea 029

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    Gudea 009

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    Gudea 032

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    Gudea 095

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    Nammahni 02

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    Ur-Namma 02

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    Ur-Namma 04

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    Ur-Namma 05

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    Ur-Namma 11

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    Ur-Namma 12

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    Ur-Namma 13

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    Ur-Namma 14

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    Ur-Namma 16

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    Ur-Namma 17

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    Ur-Namma 19

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    Ur-Namma 26

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    Ur-Namma 39

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    Ur-Namma 40

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    Ur-Namma 54

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    Ur-Namma 03

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    Ur-Namma 08

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    Ur-Namma 09

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    Ur-Namma 18

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    Ur-Namma 23

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    Ur-Namma 41

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    Ur-Namma 42

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    Ur-Namma 43

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    Ur-Namma 45

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    Ur-Namma 46

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    Ur-Namma 47

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    Ur-Namma 48

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    Ur-Namma 49

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    Ur-Namma 50

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    Ur-Namma 51

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    Ur-Namma 55add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1019-1021)

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    Ur-Namma 56add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1022)

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Ur. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.

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