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Lament for Ur
The Lament for Ur, or Lamentation over the city of Ur, is a Sumerian lament composed around the time when Ur fell to the Elamites and its Third Dynasty came to an end, about 2000 BC. The dynasty had ruled for around a hundred years. Invading Elamites raided the temple treasury, the centre of power in Sumer moved to Isin, and control of Ur's trade passed to several leading families of the city.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lament for Ur. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lament-for-ur
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