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Dedicatory inscription recording Ur-Namma's construction of a temple to Inana at Kugnun, expanding the cultic geography of Ur III royal patronage beyond the dynasty's core shrine at Ur.
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Records Ur-Namma restoring Magan boat traffic and sea-merchant access to quay walls — direct evidence that Ur III kings actively managed long-distance Gulf trade as an act of royal piety toward the moon-god Nanna.