The Great Fatted Bull
Introduction
Tablet #36
Translation
Annotations
Transliteration
Sumerian Images
Sumerian History
The Royal Tombs of Ur
The "Standard" of Ur?
Standard of Ur:  Narrative
Eannatum
Vulture Stele Translation
Sumerian War Chariots
War Chariot Deconstructed
Sumerian Chariot  Model
Gudea Translation
The Face of Gudea
Unknown Portrait of Gudea
The Face of Ur-Ningirsu
The Face of Lugal-agrig-zi
Ur-Namma Translation
The Face of Ur-Namma
Face of Ur-Namma, part II
I am Ur-Namma
Shulgi
The Face of Shulgi
Who Were the Sumerians?
Other Sumerian Kings
The Princess Wife
Princess Wife sequel
Princess Wife whole story
The Great Fatted Jackass
Mesopotamian Prostitutes
Sumerian Queens
Unknown Sumerian Queen
Another Sumerian Queen
Pu-abi, the Queen?
A Sumerian Princess
Sumerian Lukurs
The Divine Right to Rule
Sargon's Victory Stele
Helmet: the King of Kish
The Standard of Mari?
The Battles of Ishqi-Mari
Miscellaneous
The Invention of Writing
Adventures in Cuneiform
The Sumerian Scribe
A Masterpiece
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If you still don’t believe that the unknown ruler is Ur-Namma, then try this experiment:
 

Think of every man you’ve ever known or met in your life. Add to this every man you’ve seen pictured in books, newspapers, magazines, TV, or the movies; in other words, every man in the history of the world, ancient or modern.

Now eliminate everyone who does not have heavy-lidded eyes. That will be most of the men.

Of the few men remaining, eliminate everyone who does not also have large ears.

Of the heavy-lidded men with large ears, eliminate all those who do not also have a rounded tip of the nose.

Of the men with heavy-lidded eyes, large ears, and a rounded nose, eliminate all those whose right eye is not smaller and more heavy-lidded than the left.

Does anyone remain, in the entire history of the world, except for Ur-Namma?

Note: I wrote this page many years ago, before I discovered that Ur-Namma's son Shulgi had the same congenital ptosis (a drooping eyelid). Shulgi thus had asymmetric eyes, but his face is much rounder and his nose is more prominent. See The Face of Shulgi.