KUSHA / UR-BAU / UR-BABA

 

Diorite Statue of Ur-Ba'u (Ur-Baba), Prince of Lagash. Louvre Museum, AO 9

 

Gudea ruled from Lagash

 

    King of the Neo-Sumerian Empire
Reign
:
 c. 2100 BC
Predecessor
:
 Kaku or Kakug
Successor
:
 Gadhi / Gudia / Nammakhi / Gudea
Dynasty
:
 Ruler of 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.

 

Tablet of Ur-Baba, Girsu

 

Cone with name and title of Ur-Baba, king of Lagash

 

Ur-Bau foundation tablet. Walters Art Museum

 

Ur-Bau foundation tablet (front detail). Walters Art Museum

 

Foundation figurine of Ur-Baba

 

Cuneiform dedication cone of Ur-Bau

 

Ur-Baba inscription plaque enumerating the temples erected by him; Louvre collection (AO 261)

 

Source :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Ur-Baba