User:SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits/King of Sumer
Appearance
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Activity sectors | Government |
List of rulers said to have held the title
[edit]Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
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Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of king[a] | |||
Early Dynastic I period (c. 2900 – c. 2700 BCE) | |||
Dynasty of Eridu (reign: c. 2900 – c. 2882 BCE) | |||
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Alulim | r. c. 2900 – c. 2892 BCE (8 or 10 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
Alalngar | r. c. 2892 – c. 2882 BCE (3 or 10 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
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Dynasty of Bad-tibira (r. c. 2882 – c. 2848 BCE) | |||
En-men-lu-ana | r. c. 2882 – c. 2870 BCE (12 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
En-men-gal-ana | r. c. 2870 – c. 2858 BCE (8 or 18 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
Dumuzid | r. c. 2858 – c. 2848 BCE (10 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
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Dynasty of Larak (r. c. 2848 – c. 2830 BCE) | |||
En-sipad-zid-ana | r. c. 2848 – c. 2830 BCE (8 or 18 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
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Dynasty of Sippar (r. c. 2830 – c. 2820 BCE) | |||
En-men-dur-ana | r. c. 2830 – c. 2820 BCE (5 sars and 5 ners or 10 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
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Dynasty of Shuruppak (r. c. 2820 – c. 2800 BCE) | |||
Ubara-Tutu | r. c. 2820 – c. 2810 BCE (5 sars and 1 ner up to 8 or 10 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
Ziusudra | r. c. 2810 – c. 2800 BCE (10 or 18 sars) |
Unclear succession | |
First dynasty of Kish (r. c. 2800 – c. 2670 BCE) | |||
Etana | r. c. 2800 BCE (635 or 1,500 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Balih | Uncertain (400 or 410 years) |
Son of Etana | |
En-me-nuna | Uncertain (621 or 660 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Melem-Kish | Uncertain (900 years) |
Son of En-me-nuna | |
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Barsal-nuna | Uncertain (1,200 years) |
Son of En-me-nuna | |
Zamug | Uncertain (140 years) |
Son of Barsal-nuna | |
Tizqar | Uncertain (305 or 1,620 years) |
Son of Zamug | |
Ilku | Uncertain (900 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Iltasadum | r. c. 2750 BCE (1,200 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Enmebaragesi | r. c. 2750 – c. 2700 BCE (900 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Aga | r. c. 2700 – c. 2670 BCE (625 years) |
Son of Enmebaragesi | |
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Early Dynastic II period (c. 2700 – c. 2600 BCE) | |||
First dynasty of Uruk (r. c. 2670 – c. 2510 BCE) | |||
Gilgamesh | r. c. 2670 – c. 2650 BCE (126 years) |
He may have been the son of Lugalbanda | |
Ur-Nungal | r. c. 2650 – c. 2620 BCE (30 years) |
Son of Gilgamesh | |
Udul-kalama | r. c. 2620 – c. 2605 BCE (15 years) |
Son of Ur-Nungal | |
La-ba'shum | r. c. 2605 – c. 2596 BCE (9 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Early Dynastic IIIa period (c. 2600 – c. 2500 BCE) | |||
First dynasty of Uruk (r. c. 2670 – c. 2510 BCE) | |||
En-nun-tarah-ana | r. c. 2596 – c. 2588 BCE (8 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Mesh-he | r. c. 2588 – c. 2552 BCE (36 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Melem-ana | r. c. 2552 – c. 2546 BCE (6 or 900 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Lugal-kitun | r. c. 2546 – c. 2510 BCE (36 or 420 years) |
Unclear succession | |
First dynasty of Ur (r. c. 2485 BCE) | |||
Meskiagnun I | r. c. 2485 BCE (36 years) |
He may have been the son of Mesannepada | |
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Dynasty of Awan (r. c. 2450 BCE) | |||
Kul[...] | r. c. 2450 BCE (36 years) |
Unclear succession | |
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Second dynasty of Kish (r. c. 2430 BCE) | |||
Lugalngu | r. c. 2430 BCE (360 or 420 years) |
Unclear succession | |
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Dynasty of Hamazi (r. c. 2430 BCE) | |||
Hadanish | r. c. 2430 BCE (7, 360, or 420 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Mesannepada | r. c. 2425 – c. 2420 BCE (80 years) |
He may have been the son of Meskalamdug | |
Lugalkinishedudu | r. c. 2400 – c. 2375 BCE (120 years) |
Unclear succession | |
Enshakushanna | r. c. 2350 – c. 2340 BCE (60 years) |
He may have been the son of Elulu | |
Lugalzagesi | r. c. 2340 – c. 2316 BCE (25 or 34 years) |
Unclear succession |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Sumerian: 𒈗, romanized: lugal; transliterated: lú.gal; lugal; lit. 'big man'.
- ^ The Sumerian king list (SKL) is a regnal list that records up to 139 kings said to have held the kingship (Sumerian: 𒉆𒈗, romanized: nam-lugal) over all of Sumer (Sumerian: 𒆠𒂗𒄀, romanized: kién-g̃i(-r)).
- ^ Sumerian: 𒉺𒋼𒋛, romanized: lugal kiški; transliterated: lugal kiški.
- ^ Sumerian: 𒈗𒌦𒈠, romanized: lugal kalam-ma; transliterated: lugal kalam.ma.
- ^ Sumerian: 𒂗𒆠𒂗𒄀𒈗𒌦, romanized: én kién-g̃i(-r) lugal kalam
- ^ Sumerian: 𒉺𒋼𒋛, lit. 'énsí'; transliterated: pa.te.si; ensi₂; lit. 'lord of the plowland'.
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