====== Ur-Namma ======
===== Nammu or Namma? =====

==== Year names of Ur-Namma ====

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**a. mu ur-<sup>d</sup>namma lugal** 
Year: "Ur-Namma (is) King" 

  * unattested 

**b. mu ur-<sup>d</sup>namma lugal-e sig-ta igi-nim-še<sub>3</sub> giri<sub>3</sub> si bi<sub>2</sub>-sa<sub>2</sub>-a** 
Year:  The year that Ur-Namma, the king, straightened out the road from the south to the north 

  * Identified as year h in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 14).
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128416|RTC 261]] (=AO 3891),  [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128417|RTC 262]] (=AO 3332),  [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128418|RTC 263]] (=AO 3331),  [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P115243|MVN 7, 380]] (=//ITT// 4, 7983) 

**c. mu ur-{d}namma nig<sub>2</sub>-si-sa<sub>2</sub> kalam-ma mu-ni-gar** 
Year: "Ur-Namma declared an amnesty (misharum) in the land" 

  * Identified as year h/ii in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 16)

**d. mu en-<sup>d</sup>inanna unu<sup>ki</sup>-a dumu ur-<sup>d</sup>namma lugal-a maš-e ba-pa<sub>3</sub>-da** 
Year: The year that the //en//-priest of Inanna, a child of Ur-Namma, the king, was chosen by extispicy 

  * Identified as year i in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 16) 
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419|RTC 264]] (= AO 3330) 

**e. mu bad<sub>3</sub> uri<sub>2</sub><sup>ki</sup> ba-du<sub>3</sub>-a** 
Year: The year that the wall of Ur was built 

  * Identified as year p in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 19)  
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128423|RTC 269]] (=AO 3360), [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P114898|MVN 6, 518]] (=//ITT// 4, 7547)

**f. mu lugal-e nibru<sup>ki</sup>-ta nam-lugal šu ba-ti-a** 
Year: The year that the king received kingship from Nippur 

**g. mu e<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>nanna ba-du<sub>3</sub>-a** 
Year: The year that the temple of Nanna was built 

**h. mu en <sup>d</sup>nanna ma&scaron;-e ba-pa<sub>3</sub>-da** 
Year: The year the en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by extispicy 

  * Identified as year b in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 10) 

**i. mu i<sub>7</sub>-a-<sup>d</sup>nin-tu ba-al** 
Year: "The i'a-Nintu canal was dug" 

**j. mu nin-dingir <sup>d</sup>iškur maš-e pa<sub>3</sub>-da** 
Year: The year that the //nin-dingir//-priestess of Ishkur was chosen by extispicy 

**k. mu gu-ti-um<sup>ki</sup> ba-hul** 
Year: "The land of Guti was destroyed" 

  * Identified as year d in //RIME// 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 11) 

**l. mu e<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>nin-sun<sub>2</sub> uri<sub>2</sub><sup>ki</sup>-a ba-du<sub>3</sub>-a** 
The year that the temple of Ninsun was built in Ur 

**m. mu e<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub>-la<sub>2</sub> ba-du<sub>3</sub>-a** 
The year that the temple of Enlil was built 

**n. mu i<sub>7</sub>-en-erin<sub>2</sub>-nun ba-ba-al-la** 
The year that the I'en'erinun canal was dug 

**o. mu <sup>geš</sup>gigir <sup>d</sup>nin-lil<sub>2</sub> ba-dim<sub>2</sub>-ma** 
The year that the chariot of Ninlil was made 

**p. mu <sup>d</sup>lugal-ba-gara<sub>2</sub> e<sub>2</sub>-a-na ku<sub>4</sub>-ra** 

**q. mu <sup>d</sup>lugal-ba-gara<sub>2</sub> e<sub>2</sub>-a ku<sub>4</sub>-ra us<sub>2</sub>-sa** 

Note that only the first year name can be securely assigned to a particular year in Ur-Namma's reign, namely his first year. The use of letters rather than numbers for the rest of the year names indicates that they correct sequence is unknown.

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==Bibliography==
  * Frayne, Douglas. 1997. //Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mespotamia, Early Periods//. Vol. 3/2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  * Frayne, Douglas. 1981. //The Historical Correlations of the Sumerian Royal Hymns (2400-1900 B.C.)//. Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University. (See, in particular, pp. 72-138)
  * Kraus, F.R. 1951. Zur Chronologie der Könige Ur-Nammu und Šulgi von Ur. //OrNS// 20, 385-398.
  * Sollberger, E. 1954-1956. Sur la chronologie des rois d'Ur et quelques problèmes connexes. //AfO// 17, 10-14.