Ur-Ningirsu I

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| name = Ur-Ningirsu
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| death_date = c. 2185 BC

| reign = c. 2185 BC

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| dynasty = 2nd Dynasty of Lagash

| succession = King of Lagash

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Ur-Ningirsu I (Sumerian: {{script|Xsux|𒌨𒀭𒎏𒄈𒍪}}, Ur-^D-nin-gir-su; died {{Circa}} 2185 BC), was a Sumerian ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled c. 2200 BC. He is much less known and documented than Ur-Ningirsu II, generally just called Ur-Ningirsu.{{cite book |last1=Edzard |first1=Sibylle |last2=Edzard |first2=Dietz Otto |title=Gudea and His Dynasty |date=1997 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-4187-6 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0guVA19YUVoC&pg=PA7 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Brief notes on Lagash II chronology|url=http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=brief_notes_on_lagash_ii_chronology |website=cdli.ox.ac.uk}}

The existence of Ur-Ningirsu I was proved by an inscription in the British Museum (an offering list, referenced BM 18474), in which he is called "Ur-Ningirsu the elder" (Ur-^D-nin-gir-su gu-la), and is contrasted a few lines later by another ruler described as "Ur-Ningirsu, son of Gudea". He would be the son of Ur-Nin-MAR.KI according to the Lagash King List.

Ur-Ningirsu I is also known by a few year names:

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1. "Year: Ur-Ningirsu became ruler"

2. "Year: Ur-Ningirsu became ruler, following year"

a. "Year: The š. (priest), found by means of a sacrificial animal"

b. "Year: The l. (priest) of Bau, found by means of a sacrificial animal"

c. "Year: The i. (priest) of Ningirsu, found by means of a sacrificial animal"

|Year names of Ur-Ningirsu I.}}

His son was Pirig-me.{{cite web |title=Brief notes on Lagash II chronology |url=http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=brief_notes_on_lagash_ii_chronology |website=cdli.ox.ac.uk}}