Ur-Ningirsu
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| name = Ur-Ningirsu
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| image = Ur-Ningirsu ruler of Lagash portrait circa 2110 BCE.jpg
| caption = Statue of Ur-Ningirsu, prince of Lagash. AO 9504 Louvre Museum.
| death_date = c. 2119 BC
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| reign = c. 2124 – c. 2119 BC
| father = Gudea
| predecessor = Gudea
| successor = Ur-gar
| succession = King of Lagash
}}
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Ur-Ningirsu (Sumerian: {{script|Xsux|𒌨𒀭𒎏𒄈𒋢}}, Ur-D-nin-gir-su; died {{Circa}} 2119 BC) also Ur-Ningirsu II in contrast with the earlier Ur-Ningirsu I, was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2120 BC. He was the son of the previous ruler of Lagash named Gudea.{{cite book |last1=Edzard |first1=Sibylle |last2=Edzard |first2=Dietz Otto |title=Gudea and His Dynasty |date=1997 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802041876 |pages=7–8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0guVA19YUVoC&pg=PA7 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus |date=2003 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=9781588390431 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/artoffirstcities0000unse/page/431 431]-432 |url=https://archive.org/details/artoffirstcities0000unse |url-access=registration |language=en}}
Statue of Ur-Ningirsu
A statue of Ur-Ningirsu, dedicated to Ningishzida (Sumerian: {{script|Xsux|𒀭𒎏𒄑𒍣𒁕}}, DNin-ḡiš-zi-da), is shared by The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, and the Musée du Louvre, as they own separately the head and the body of the statue, respectively.{{cite web |title=Un prince sumérien de retour à Paris - Ur-Ningirsu {{!}} Musée du Louvre {{!}} Paris |url=https://www.louvre.fr/un-prince-sumerien-de-retour-paris |website=www.louvre.fr}} The statue has an inscription in the back, which reads:
{{blockquote|"For Ningišzida, his (personal) god, Ur-Ningirsu, ruler of Lagash, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagash, who built Ningirsu’s Eninnu, fashioned his (own) statue. I am the one beloved of his (personal) god; let my life be long - (this is how) he named that statue for his (Ningirsu’s) sake, and he brought it to him into his House"|Inscription of Statue A of Ur-Ningirsu. AO 9504 Louvre Museum.Inscription of Statue A of Ur-Ningirsu, body AO 9504, head MMA 47.100.86, in {{cite book |last1=Edzard |first1=Sibylle |last2=Edzard |first2=Dietz Otto |title=Gudea and His Dynasty |date=1997 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802041876 |pages=185–186 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0guVA19YUVoC&pg=PA185 |language=en}}}}
File:Ur-Ningirsu ruler of Lagash circa 2110 BCE.jpg|Statue of Ur-Ningirsu, Louvre Museum
File:Ur-Ningursu statue Inscription Louvre Museum.jpg|Inscription on the back of the statue
File:Ur-Ningirsu Ensi Lagashki.jpg|Ur-Ningirsu Ensi Lagashki, "Ur-Ningirsu, Governor of Lagash" on his statue
File:Ur-Ningursu statue Tribute bearers (front) Louvre Museum.jpg|Tribute bearers (base of the statue)
File:Ur-Ningursu statue Tribute bearers (right side) Louvre Museum.jpg|Tribute bearers (right side of the statue)
Other objects and inscriptions
Also found was a foundation cone describing Ur-Ningirsu's construction of several temples.{{cite web |title=Sumerian Pottery Cuneiform Foundation Cone |url=https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/87343574_sumerian-pottery-cuneiform-foundation-cone |website=LiveAuctioneers Archives |access-date=22 July 2020}}
Shell Ur-Ningirsu Louvre AO209.jpg|Inscribed shell bearing the name of Ur-Ningirsu. Louvre Museum.
File:Kursarikku associated with the sun god Shamash Reign of Ur-Ningirsu of Lagash 2150-2100 BCE Serpentine.jpg|Kursarikku associated with the sun god Shamash. The inscription mentions goddess Nanshe and is dedicated to "Ur-Ningirsu, ensi of Lagash". Metropolitan Museum of Art 1996.353{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327527|title=Metropolitan Museum|website=www.metmuseum.org}}
File:Votive mace head dedicated by Ur-Ningirsu II to god Ningirsu, from Tell Telloh, Iraq, 2125 BCE. British Museum.jpg|Votive macehead in the name of Ur-Ningirsu (inscription upside down). British Museum, BM 86917.{{cite web|title=Collection object details|url=https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=460747&objectId=368802&partId=1|website=British Museum}}
File:Ur-Ningirsu II Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin VA 8790.jpg|Another statue of Ur-Ningirsu, with the inscription ""For Ningišzida, his (personal) god, Ur-Ningirsu, ruler of Laagaš, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš... (broken)"
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- {{cite book |last1=Dijk-Coombes |first1=Renate Marian van |title=Portrait of a Ruler: The Portrayal of Ur-Ningirsu in Statuary and Inscriptions |pages=358–381 |url=https://www.academia.edu/35368050/Portrait_of_a_ruler_The_portrayal_of_Ur-Ningirsu_in_statuary_and_inscriptions |language=en}}
- {{cite web |title=Ur-Ningirsu in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329069 |website=www.metmuseum.org}}
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{{Succession box
| before = Gudea
| title = King of Lagash
| years = c. 2124 – c. 2119 BC
| after = Ur-gar
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{{Rulers of Sumer}}
Category:22nd-century BC Sumerian kings