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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Ur-Namma 24

Royal titulary linking Ur-Namma to the Ekur at Nippur, attesting his bid to legitimise Ur III kingship through patronage of Enlil's cult — the theological cornerstone of Sumerian royal authority.

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