Ur-Lumma
King of Umma
About Ur-Lumma
Ur-Lumma (, ; ) was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Umma. His father was King Enakalle, who had been vanquished by Eannatum of Lagash. His reign lasted at least 12 years.
Ur-Lumma again entered in a territorial conflict with Lagash, for the fertile plain of Gu-Edin. Ur-Lumma, attacked Lagash and its king Enannatum, successor of Eannatum, managing to "destroy with fire the stele of Eannatum and the shrines of the gods set up beside it". Ur-Lumma vanquished Enannatum and occupied Lagash, but he was eventually repelled by Entemena, the son of Enannatum.
Ur-Lumma was replaced by his nephew Il, a priest-king, who also attacked Lagash, but was again defeated by Entemena.
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