KUSHA
/ UR-BAU / UR-BABA
![](356px-Diorite_Statue_of_Ur-Ba%27u,_Prince_of_Lagash,_c._2130_BC.jpg)
Diorite
Statue of Ur-Ba'u (Ur-Baba), Prince of Lagash. Louvre Museum, AO
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Gudea
ruled from Lagash
Kusha,
Kishu, Kushu, Uras'-ba kush, Ur-Baba or Ur-Bau (Sumerian: Ur-ba.ba
or ur-ba.U, servant of the goddess Bau) was ensi of Lagash from
2093 BC – 2080 BC (short chronology) or 2157 BC – 2144
BC (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king
of Akkad, Shudur-Kib
/ Shu-turul. According to his own inscriptions, he was son of
a man named Nin-a-gal.
According
to inscriptions of Ur-Baba, during his reign Lagash enjoyed prosperity
and independence from the Akkadians. His daughter Ninalla married
Gudea, who succeeded him as ensi.
![](640px-Girsu_Tablet_of_Ur-Baba.jpg)
Tablet
of Ur-Baba, Girsu
![](316px-Cone_with_name_and_title_of_Ur-Bau_(Ur-Baba),_king_of_Lagash.jpg)
Cone
with name and title of Ur-Baba, king of Lagash
![](328px-Ur-Bau_foundation_tablet.jpg)
Ur-Bau
foundation tablet. Walters Art Museum
![](640px-Ur-Bau_foundation_tablet_(front_detail).jpg)
Ur-Bau
foundation tablet (front detail). Walters Art Museum
![](God_nailing_foundation-AO_311-P5280789-gradient.jpg)
Foundation
figurine of Ur-Baba
![](Cuneiform_dedication_cone_of_Ur-Bau,_Lagash,_c._2200-2100_BC_-_Harvard_Semitic_Museum_-_Cambridge,_MA_-_DSC06150.jpg)
Cuneiform
dedication cone of Ur-Bau
![](706px-Ur_Bau_tablet_AO261_mp3h9041.jpg)
Ur-Baba
inscription plaque enumerating the temples erected by him; Louvre
collection (AO 261)
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Ur-Baba