Golden helmet of Meskalamdug, possible founder of the First Dynasty of Ur, circa 2500 BCE.
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Location of Ur, in Western Asia, modern Iraq.
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Gold objects from tomb PG 580, Royal Cemetery at Ur.
The First Dynasty of Ur was a 26th-25th century BCE dynasty of rulers of the city of Ur in ancient Sumer.[1] It is part of the Early Dynastic period III of the history of Mesopotamia. It was preceded by the earlier First Dynasty of Kish and the First Dynasty of Uruk.[2]
^The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. 1970. p. 228. ISBN 9780521070515.
^Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. 2009. p. 664. ISBN 9781438126760.
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