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====== Ur-abba ======

[[ur-abba|Go here for a biography of Ur-abba]]

==== Year name of Ur-abba ====


**1. mu ur-ab-ba ensi<sub>2</sub>**
: Year: “Ur-abba is governor”

  * RTC 264 (Girsu) rev. 2.5: mu ur-ab-ba ensi2
  * ITT 4 7573 (Girsu) rev. 3.4: mu# ur#-ab-ba ensi2
  * BPOA 2, 1902 (Girsu) rev. 11: mu ur-[ab]-ba ensi2
  * BM 28688 (Girsu): mu ur-ab-ba énsi  

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


Note also the following which include the words ur-ab-ba ensi2 
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128416|RTC 261]] is dated Ur-Namma year b
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128418|RTC 263]] is dated Ur-Namma year b
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/result.pt?-sort=id_text&-op_id_text=eq&id_text=P202578&start=0&result_format=fullcatalog&size=1000|BM 28688]] also has the date Ur-Namma year b
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419|RTC 264]] also has the date Ur-Namma year d
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P128420|RTC 265]] dated Ur-Namma year l
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P200640|RTC 287]]
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P217821|ITT 4 7570]]

In addition, Muazzez Çig (AOAT 25, p. 78) suggests the possibility of reading [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P101736|AOAT 25, p. 78 10]], rev.3-4 as ur-a[b-ba] ensi2. The year name on this tablet corresponds to Ur-Namma year j or Ur-Ningirsu year ca. 


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