city of Umma
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The city of Umma was an important Sumerian urban center in southern Mesopotamia, known for its role in regional conflicts and administration during the early Bronze Age.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Umma | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian city-state
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ |
| administrativeRecordsInclude |
labor management records
ⓘ
land allotment documents ⓘ ration lists ⓘ |
| conflictedOver | Gu’edena (Gu-eden) border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictedWith | Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | border disputes ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Sumerian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists in the 20th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
Early Dynastic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
ensi (city ruler)
ⓘ
lugal (king) in some periods ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDesignation |
Umma city-state
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city of Umma ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSiteName | Tell Jokha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentBuildingType | palace ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuildingType | temple ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEconomy |
agricultural economy
ⓘ
temple-centered economy ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
canal system
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative importance
ⓘ
large corpus of cuneiform administrative tablets ⓘ regional conflicts with neighboring city-states ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sumer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| majorDeity | Shara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | city-state ⓘ |
| region | southern alluvium of Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion | Sumerian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
cuneiform tablets
ⓘ
royal inscriptions of neighboring cities ⓘ |
| subordinatedTo |
Akkadian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ur III dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfProminence |
Akkadian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Early Dynastic III period NERFINISHED ⓘ Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCalendarType | lunar calendar ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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