First Dynasty of Ur - Urudaiichioucho

…It shows the rapid development of Ur during the Early Dynastic III period, but there has been a long-running debate as to whether the people in the “Royal Tombs” were actual kings and queens. On the other hand, inscriptions of Mesanepada, the king of the First Dynasty of Ur, and others have also been unearthed, supporting the description in the “Sumerian Dynasties Table” that Ur was a city competing for hegemony over Sumer at that time. In the Akkadian period, the custom of appointing the daughters of the kings as priestesses of Nanna, the chief god of Ur, became established. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…初期王朝III期におけるウルの急激な発展を示すが，〈王墓〉内の人物が実際の王･王妃であったかどうかについて長く論争が続いた。いっぽうウル第1王朝の王メスアネパダらの碑文も出土し，当時ウルがシュメールの覇権を争う都市であったとする〈シュメール王朝表〉の記述も裏付けられた。アッカド時代にはいると，諸王の娘がウルの主神ナンナの女祭司に任じられる習慣が定着。…

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