Ur-gigir
Sign in to saveUr-gigir (, ur-{gesh}gigir) was the son of Ur-nigin and a Governor (ensi) of Uruk who lived in 22nd century BC.
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Ur-gigir (, ur-{gesh}gigir) was the son of Ur-nigin and a Governor (ensi) of Uruk who lived in 22nd century BC.
According to the Sumerian King List, Ur-gigir's father Ur-nigin destroyed the Akkadian Empire, which had probably already be weakened by the Gutians, and established a short-lived Fifth Dynasty of Uruk.
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