Gudea of Lagash is perhaps the closest thing there is to being a famous Sumerian ruler, thanks to 26 statues of himself that have been found in various cities. He, however, ruled in a troubled time. What time was that?

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The question asks about the time period during which Gudea of Lagash lived, noting that he is linked to a troubled era and a cluster of statues.
Option 1: 'During the Kassite invasion.' This is unlikely to be the correct time frame for Gudea, since the Kassite dynasty rose after the fall of the Ur III state but well after Gudea’s era, making this anachronistic for his reign.
Option 2: 'When the Elamites ran amok in the 2600s BC.' The 2600s BC is earlier than Gudea’s time, and Elamite incursions in that particular phrasing do not align with the core period most scholars attribute to Gudea, so this is historically mismatched.
Option 3: 'Right after the collapse of Ur III.' This is close in time to Gudea’s era, but the more precise and widely cited context for his rule is the subsequent period when the Gutians controlled Mesopotamia; attributing his reign mainly to the immediate post-Ur III collapse glosses over the longer Gutian interregnum.
Option 4: 'When the Gutians dominated Mesopotamia.' This correctly situates Gudea in the period of Gutian dominance, a time marked by political instability in the region and is the standard framing historians use for his era, matching the characterization of his troubled times.
In summary, the statements that misplace the timeframe (Options 1, 2, and 3) fail to align with the established historical context of Gudea’s reign, whereas Option 4 accurately identifies the Gutian domination as the defining period for his rule.

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