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====== Ur-Ningirsu ======

[[ur-ningirsu|Go here for a biography of Ur-Ningirsu]]
==== Year names of Ur-Ningirsu ====




**1. mu ur-<sup>d</sup>nin-gir<sub>2</sub>-su ensi<sub>2</sub>**
: Year: “Ur- Ningirsu is governor”

  * not attested

**2. mu ur-<sup>d</sup>nin-gir<sub>2</sub>-su ensi<sub>2</sub> mu us<sub>2</sub>-a-bi **
: Year after: “Ur- Ningirsu is governor”

  * RTC 207 (Girsu) rev. 3-4: mu ur-{d}nin-gir2-su ensi2 mu us2-sa-bi
  * ITT 4 8120 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ur-{d}nin-gir2-su mu us2-sa-a-bi

[[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&Period=Lagash+II&DatesReferenced=ur-ningirsu.02|click here for CDLI entries dated to Ur-Ningirsu 2]]

**a. mu šita<sub>2</sub>-ab-ba maš-e pad<sub>3</sub>-da **
: Year: “The šita-abba-priest was chosen by means of the omens”

  * RTC 210 (Girsu) obv. 1.6: mu szita-ab-ba masz-e pa3-da
  * RTC 211 (Girsu) rev. 9: mu szita-ab-ba masz-e pa3-da
  * ITT 4 7995 (Girsu) rev. 1: mu szita-ab-ba [masz]-e pa3#-[da]
  * ITT 4 8039 (Girsu) rev. 7: mu szita ab#-[ba masz-e] pa3#-[da]
  * ITT 4 8071 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu szita-ab-ba
  * ITT 4 8086 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu szita-ab-ba [masz]-e pa3-da

[[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&Period=Lagash+II&DatesReferenced=ur-ningirsu.a|click here for CDLI entries dated to Ur-Ningirsu a]]

**b. mu lu<sub>2</sub>-mah-<sup>d</sup>ba-ba<sub>6</sub> maš-e pad<sub>3</sub>-da **
: Year: “The lumah-priest of Baba was chosen by means of the omens”

  * RTC 210 (Girsu) obv. 1.8: mu lu2-mah {d}ba-u2 masz-e pa3-da
  * FT 2, AO 12187 (Girsu) obv. 3: mu lu2-mah {d}ba-[ba6]  

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**ca. mu nin-dingir-<sup>d</sup>iškur maš-e ba-pad<sub>3</sub>-da **
: Year: “The high-priestess of Iškur was chosen by means of the omens”

  * RTC 257 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu nin-dingir {d}iszkur masz-e ba-pa3-da
  * MVN 7, 170 (Girsu) rev. 1 : mu nin-dingir {d}iszkur masz-e pa3-da
  * AOAT 25, p. 81, 10	(Girsu) rev. 4: mu nin-dingir {d}isz[kur] masz2-e ba-pa3-da
  * BM 26269 (Girsu): mu nin-dingir {d}[iszkur] masz-e pad3-da 
  
Sigrist & Damerow attribute very similar year names to Ur-Ningirsu year (ca) and to Ur-Nammu year (j) and these tablets could belong to either. //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 18) attributes this year name to Ur-Nammu.

Muazzez Çig (AOAT 25, p. 78) suggests the possibility of reading AOAT 25, p. 78 10, rev.3-4 as ur-a[b-ba] ensi2. If this is correct then the year name on this tablet is more likely to correspond to Ur-Namma rather than Ur-Ningirsu. 

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**cb. mu nin-dingir-<sup>d</sup>iškur maš<sub>2</sub>-e i<sub>3</sub>-pad<sub>3</sub> sza<sub>3</sub> e2-ar<sub>3</sub>-ar<sub>3</sub>**
: Year: “The high-priestess of Iškur was chosen by means of the omens in the earar / the mill”

  * BM 16216 (Girsu?) rev. 1-2: mu nin#-dingir {d}iszkur masz-e i3-pa3-da# sza3 e2-ar3-ar3 i3-dab5#?

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**d. mu gu-za-la<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>nin-gir<sub>2</sub>-su **
: Year: “The throne bearer of Ningirsu (was chosen / installed)”

  * RTC 243 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu# gu-za-la2 {d}nin-gir2-su

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**e. mu unug<sup>ki</sup> ba-hul-a **
: Year: “Uruk was destroyed”

This year-name was attributed to Ur-Ningirsu by Sigrist & Damerow but this is open to question. It has been found on 
  * NFT p. 184, AO 4311 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu unu{ki} ba-hul-a



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