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274 Fig. 93 Ninsun (his mother) at Ur, to Utu at Larsa, to Ninharsag at Adab; he also engaged in some repair work at Eridu. Enki's city. Con- spicuously absent from the list are Ninurta's Lagash and Marduk's Babylon. The social reforms of Ur-Nammu and Ur's achievements in commerce and industry have led scholars to view the times of the Third Dynasty as a period not only of prosperity, but also of peace. They were thus puzzled to find in the ruins of Ur two panels de- picting its citizens' activities—one a Peace Panel, and the other, surprisingly, a War Panel (Fig. 95). The image of the people of Ur as trained and ready warriors seemed totally out of place. Yet the facts, as told by the archaeological evidence of weap- onry, military garb, and chariots of war, as well as in numerous in- scriptions, belie the image of pacifism. Indeed, one of the first acts THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN