# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ur-baba
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:46:09.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ur-baba"
name: "Ur-baba"
slug: "ur-baba"
description: "Ur-Baba or Ur-Bau (Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒁀𒌑 ur-Dba.ba6 or ur-Dba.U2, servant of the goddess Bau; died c. 2144 BC) was ensi of Lagash from 2093 BC – 2080 BC (short chronology) or 2157 BC – 2144 BC (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of Akkad, Shu-turul. In one of his inscriptions, he refers to himself as a child of the god Ninagal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒀉𒃲)."
tagline: "Ruler of Lagash"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ur_Bau_tablet_AO261_mp3h9041.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-2200"
deathDate: "-2200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.54
  momentum:             0.3098591549295775
  historical:           11.14650933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0"
    title: "Ур-Баба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "أوربابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbaba"
    title: "Urbaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Baba"
    title: "Ur-Baba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%85%CF%81-%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1"
    title: "Ουρ-Μπάμπα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Baba"
    title: "Ur-Baba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbaba"
    title: "Urbaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Bau"
    title: "Ur-Bau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ウル・バウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Baba"
    title: "Ur-Baba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Baba"
    title: "Ur-Baba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0"
    title: "Ур-Баба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Baba"
    title: "Ur-Baba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump