Mesannepada of Ur
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Mesannepada of Ur was an early Sumerian king who founded the First Dynasty of Ur and became one of the most prominent rulers of early Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mesannepada of Ur canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8916628 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesannepada of Ur Context triple: [Early Dynastic period, hasNotableRuler, Mesannepada of Ur]
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A.
Shulgi of Ur
Shulgi of Ur was a powerful king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, renowned for his extensive administrative reforms, monumental building projects, and promotion of Sumerian culture and literature.
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B.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad was a powerful Mesopotamian king of the Akkadian Empire, famed for declaring himself a god and expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent.
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C.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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D.
Ibbi-Sin
Ibbi-Sin was the last king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, under whose troubled reign the Sumerian empire collapsed around the end of the 3rd millennium BCE.
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E.
Sin-leqi-unninni
Sin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the late second millennium BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesannepada of Ur Target entity description: Mesannepada of Ur was an early Sumerian king who founded the First Dynasty of Ur and became one of the most prominent rulers of early Mesopotamia.
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A.
Shulgi of Ur
Shulgi of Ur was a powerful king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, renowned for his extensive administrative reforms, monumental building projects, and promotion of Sumerian culture and literature.
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B.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad was a powerful Mesopotamian king of the Akkadian Empire, famed for declaring himself a god and expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent.
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C.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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D.
Ibbi-Sin
Ibbi-Sin was the last king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, under whose troubled reign the Sumerian empire collapsed around the end of the 3rd millennium BCE.
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E.
Sin-leqi-unninni
Sin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the late second millennium BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Ur
ⓘ
Sumerian king ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian ruler ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Ur ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Nanna (Sin)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nanna
|
| associatedWith | development of Ur as a major Sumerian center ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite |
Royal Cemetery of Ur
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Tombs of Ur
|
| burialPlace |
Ur (probable)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ur (traditional birthplace)
|
| claimedTitle | King of Kish ⓘ |
| country | Sumer ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | First Dynasty of Ur ⓘ |
| era |
Early Dynastic Sumer
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
|
| father | Meskalamdug (possible, epigraphically suggested) ⓘ |
| floruit |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
circa 26th century BCE ⓘ |
| founded | First Dynasty of Ur ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType |
cuneiform inscriptions
ⓘ
royal seals ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Mes-ane-pada
ⓘ
Mesanepada ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | historically attested ruler ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Sumerian King List
ⓘ
inscriptions from Ur ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Sumerian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest historically attested kings of Ur
ⓘ
founding the First Dynasty of Ur ⓘ prominence in early Mesopotamian political history ⓘ |
| partOf | First Dynasty of Ur ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
city-state ruler
ⓘ
hegemonic ruler in early Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Ur ⓘ |
| predecessor | Aannepada of Ur (possible or traditional predecessor, uncertain) ⓘ |
| region | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignedIn |
Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Dynastic period
Sumer ⓘ Ur ⓘ |
| religion | Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| ruledOver |
city-state of Ur
ⓘ
territories in southern Mesopotamia (extent uncertain) ⓘ |
| spouse | Ninbanda (possible, from inscriptions) ⓘ |
| successor |
Aannepada of Ur
ⓘ
Meskiagnunna of Ur (possible successor, uncertain) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Dynastic III period
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Dynastic period
|
| title |
lugal of Kish
ⓘ
lugal of Ur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mesannepada of Ur Description of subject: Mesannepada of Ur was an early Sumerian king who founded the First Dynasty of Ur and became one of the most prominent rulers of early Mesopotamia.
Referenced by (2)
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