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Mud-brick of Amar-sin
The cuneiform inscriptions stamped on this mud-brick mention the name of Amar-sin, king of Ur. Amar-sin was the 3rd king of Ur III Dynasty, and son of Shulgi. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Sumerian period, Ur III, end of the 3rd...
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Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III)
Following the collapse of the Agade empire, the centre of power in southern Mesopotamia shifted to the cities of Uruk and Ur. The governor of Ur, Ur-Nammu, established a dynasty which came to dominate the other cities of the region, and whose...
