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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea

CHAPTER VIII
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He calls himself "King of Ur and Kingi Accad;" and it is at Ur that he raises his principal buildings.

Ur, too, has furnished the great bulk of his inscriptions.

Babylon was not yet a place of much importance, though it was probably built by Nimrod.

The second city of the Empire was Huruk or Erech: other places of importance were Larsa (Ellasar ?) and Nipur or Calneh.
Urukh appears to have been succeeded in the kingdom by a son, whose name it is proposed to read as Elgi or Ilgi.

Of this prince our knowledge is somewhat scanty.


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