Ur-Zababa

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For a war god, see Zababa.
Ur-Zababa
Title King of Sumer
Parents Puzur-Suen
Relatives Kubaba (grandmother)

Ur-Zababa is a name of an ancient lord listed on the Sumerian King List as the second king of the 4th Dynasty of Kish. The king list also says Sargon of Akkad was a cup-bearer for Ur-Zababa before becoming ruler of Akkadian Empire.

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Family[edit]

Ur-Zababa was a son of King Puzur-Suen. His mother is unknown.[1][2]

His grandmother was famous Queen Kubaba.[3]

Sargon legend[edit]

Sargon legend is a Sumerian text purporting to be Sargon's biography. In the text Ur-Zababa is mentioned, who awakens after a dream. For unknown reasons, Ur-Zababa appoints Sargon as a cupbearer. Soon after this, Ur-Zababa invites Sargon to his chambers to discuss a dream of Sargon's, involving the favor of the goddess Inanna. Ur-Zababa was deeply frightened.

When Sargon returns to Ur-Zababa, the king becomes frightened again, and decides to send Sargon to King Lugal-zage-si of Uruk with a message on a clay tablet asking him to slay Sargon.[4][5]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Kaffka by Bonnie G. Smith
  2. ^ Literatur, Politik und Recht in Mesopotamien: Festschrift für Claus Wilcke
  3. ^ The Weidner Chronicle mentioning Kubaba from Grayson, A.K. (1975) Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles.
  4. ^ "The Sargon Legend." The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Oxford University, 2006
  5. ^ Cooper & Heimpel 1983: 67–82
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Puzur-Suen
King of Kish
ca. 2300 BC
Succeeded by
Zimudar