Utu-hengal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒌓𒃶𒅅, Dutu-ḫe₂-g̃al₂; died c. 2112 BC), also written Utu-heg̃al, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his son-in-law Ur-Nammu.

After a battle at an unknown location, Utu-Hengal was victorious and forced Tirigan to flee back towards Gutium.

[3] Tirigan fled to the city of Dubrum (location unknown) where the people treated him kindly.

In the seventh year of the kingship he tragically died in an accident when inspecting a dam (leading some to suspect foul play),[citation needed][7] and was succeeded by his son-in-law, the governor of Ur, Ur-Nammu, as the king of Sumer.

[10] A victory stele was erected in Uruk by Utu-Hengal, a copy of which was made during the Dynasty of Isin, now in the Louvre Museum (AO 6018).

On the highways of the country he made tall grasses grow (....) By the envoys of Utuḫegal Tirigan and his wife and children in Dabrum were captured.

Whoever erases the inscription and writes his own name instead or who, on account of this curse, has someone else take hold of it and remove it, may his reign be cut short!