Meskalamdug ("hero of the good land") was an early king of Ur who is not named on the Sumerian king list. His tomb, found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, contained numerous gold artifacts, which are now lost, including a golden helmet. His wife's name was Queen Ninbanda. His name was also mentioned on a seal in another tomb with the title "lugal" (king), however because his own tomb lacked attendants, archaeologist Leonard Woolley assumed that he was not royal. For other uses, see UR. Ur seen across the Royal tombs, with the Great Ziggurat in the background, January 17, 2004 Ur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, located near the original mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu. ... The Sumerian king list is an ancient text in the Sumerian language listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. ... Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880–20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist, best known for his excavations at Ur in Sumerancient Mesopotamia. ...

On a bead inscription from Mari, he is also named as the father of king Mesannepada of Ur, who is known from many other inscriptions and is on the king list. The Mari (also known as Cheremis in Russian and Çirmeş in Tatar) are a Volga-Finnic people in the Volga area, the natives of Mari El, Russia. ... Mesannepada (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda) was the first king in the first dynasty of Ur, in ca. ...