Ur-baba
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Ur-Baba or Ur-Bau ( or , servant of the goddess Bau; died 2144 BC) was ensi of Lagash from 2093 BC – 2080 BC (short chronology) or 2157 BC – 2144 BC (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul. In one of his inscriptions, he refers to himself as a child of the god Ninagal ().
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- Royalty.name
- Ur-Baba
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- Diorite Statue of Ur-Ba'u, Prince of Lagash, c. 2130 BC.jpg
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- 250
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- Diorite Statue of Ur-Ba'u (Ur-Baba), Prince of Lagash. Louvre Museum, AO 9.
- Royalty.death_date
- c. 2144 BC
- Royalty.issue
- Ninalla
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2164 – c. 2144 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Possibly Kaku
- Royalty.successor
- Gudea
- Royalty.dynasty
- 2nd Dynasty of Lagash
- Royalty.succession
- King of Lagash
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- Ur Bau tablet AO261 mp3h9041.jpg
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- 2164-01-01
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- 2144-01-01
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Ur-Baba or Ur-Bau ( or , servant of the goddess Bau; died 2144 BC) was ensi of Lagash from 2093 BC – 2080 BC (short chronology) or 2157 BC – 2144 BC (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul. In one of his inscriptions, he refers to himself as a child of the god Ninagal ().
According to inscriptions of Ur-Baba, during his reign, Lagash enjoyed prosperity and independence from the Akkadians. His daughter Ninalla married Gudea, who succeeded him as ensi.