Ur-nigin, also Ur-nigina (, ur-nià Âin) or Ur-nigar (, ur-ni-gar) was a Governor (ensi) of Uruk who lived in 22nd century BC.
According to the Sumerian King List, Ur-Nigin destroyed the Akkadian Empire, which had probably already be weakened by the Gutians, and established a short-lived Fifth Dynasty of Uruk.
The Sumerian King List, describing the confusion of the decline of the Akkadian Empire after the death of Shar-kali-shari, mentions the rule of several kings, among them Ur-Nigin:
Ur-Nigin is also mentioned in several votive inscriptions by his son Ur-gigir. One of them reads:
The Fourth Dynasty of Uruk was finally destroyed by the Gutian Dynasty.
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