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a. mu ur-^dnamma lugal Year: "Ur-Namma (is) King"

• unattested

b. mu ur-^dnamma lugal-e sig-ta igi-nim-še₃ giri₃ si bi₂-sa₂-a Year: The year that Ur-Namma, the king, straightened out the road from the south to the north

• Identified as year h in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 14).
• RTC 261 (=AO 3891), RTC 262 (=AO 3332), RTC 263 (=AO 3331), MVN 7, 380 (=ITT 4, 7983)

c. mu ur-{d}namma nig₂-si-sa₂ kalam-ma mu-ni-gar Year: "Ur-Namma declared an amnesty (misharum) in the land"

• Identified as year h/ii in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 16)

d. mu en-^dinanna unu^ki-a dumu ur-^dnamma lugal-a maš-e ba-pa₃-da Year: The year that the en-priest of Inanna, a child of Ur-Namma, the king, was chosen by extispicy

• Identified as year i in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 16)
• RTC 264 (= AO 3330)

e. mu bad₃ uri₂^ki ba-du₃-a Year: The year that the wall of Ur was built

• Identified as year p in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 19)
• RTC 269 (=AO 3360), MVN 6, 518 (=ITT 4, 7547)

f. mu lugal-e nibru^ki-ta nam-lugal šu ba-ti-a Year: The year that the king received kingship from Nippur

g. mu e₂ ^dnanna ba-du₃-a Year: The year that the temple of Nanna was built

h. mu en ^dnanna maš-e ba-pa₃-da Year: The year the en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by extispicy

• Identified as year b in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 10)

i. mu i₇-a-^dnin-tu ba-al Year: "The i'a-Nintu canal was dug"

j. mu nin-dingir ^diškur maš-e pa₃-da Year: The year that the nin-dingir-priestess of Ishkur was chosen by extispicy

k. mu gu-ti-um^ki ba-hul Year: "The land of Guti was destroyed"

• Identified as year d in RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 11)

l. mu e₂ ^dnin-sun₂ uri₂^ki-a ba-du₃-a The year that the temple of Ninsun was built in Ur

m. mu e₂ ^den-lil₂-la₂ ba-du₃-a The year that the temple of Enlil was built

n. mu i₇-en-erin₂-nun ba-ba-al-la The year that the I'en'erinun canal was dug

o. mu ^gešgigir ^dnin-lil₂ ba-dim₂-ma The year that the chariot of Ninlil was made

p. mu ^dlugal-ba-gara₂ e₂-a-na ku₄-ra

q. mu ^dlugal-ba-gara₂ e₂-a ku₄-ra us₂-sa

Note that only the first year name can be securely assigned to a particular year in Ur-Namma's reign, namely his first year. The use of letters rather than numbers for the rest of the year names indicates that they correct sequence is unknown.

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• Frayne, Douglas. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mespotamia, Early Periods. Vol. 3/2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Frayne, Douglas. 1981. The Historical Correlations of the Sumerian Royal Hymns (2400-1900 B.C.). Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University. (See, in particular, pp. 72-138)
• Kraus, F.R. 1951. Zur Chronologie der Könige Ur-Nammu und Šulgi von Ur. OrNS 20, 385-398.
• Sollberger, E. 1954-1956. Sur la chronologie des rois d'Ur et quelques problèmes connexes. AfO 17, 10-14.