Sumerian King List

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10 sree See © GO WH 11. 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. WELD-BLUNDELL COLLECTION VOL. II Cou. I. ' ah ees : 1. ae OR rue Be eo OS EB mn Ba-[ba?-gul-2e2 mu ? ni-ag] 5. Bu-[En-2u 2 mu ? ni-ag] 6. Ga-li-bu-um 7 mu 600-+- 360 ni-ag 8. Ka-lu-mu-mu mu 600-+ 240 ni-ag 9. Diig-ga-gi-ib 10. mu 600 -+ 300 ni- ag 11. A-tab mu 600 ni- ag 12. A-tab-ba mu 600-+240- ni- ag Ar-pi-i- wm*® dumu mas'-da-ge mu 6004-120 ni- ag E-ta-na sib galu an-si ba- é-dé" galu kur-kur mu-un-gi-na lugal-im mu 1200 -+- 300" ni-ag Ba li- th dumu E-ta-na-ge mu 400" — nt-ag En-me-nun-na"® mu 660 ni-ag Me-lam-Kis-(ki) dumu En-me-nun-na-ge mu 900 ni-ag Bar-sal-nun-na dumu En-me-nun-na mu 600 + 600 (1200) ni-ag Tup-"za-ah dumu Bar-sal-nun-na ! Syncellus gave five names for the 3-7 kings after the Flood, and then an Arabian! dynasty of 6 kings. . oo. « « Yeigned? years. ? Baba(?)...? reigned? years. * Bu-Sin (?) reigned? years. * Galibum * reigned 960 years. Kalumumu reigned 840 years. * Duggagib ’ reigned 900 years. Atab reigned 600 years. * Atabba reigned 840 years. * Arpium son of a poor man, reigned 720 years. " Etana the shepherd who to heaven ascended, who made the foreign lands faithful, became king and reigned 1500 years Balih son of Etana reigned 400 years. Enmenunna reigned 660 years, Melam-Kish “ son of Enmennunna ruled 900° years. Barsalnunna son of Enmenunna”™® reigned 1200 years. Tupzah son of Barsalnunna are all fictitions. See Porser, PBS. IV 87; Cory, ibid. 678, 2 Lines 1-4 contained two names and correspond to P. No. 5 I 1:3. 3P, No 51 4. 4 P, No. 5 15. 5 P. No. 211; No. 311; No 516, § P, No. 217+ No. 317, Ga-lu-mu-um; No. 5 I 9, Ka-lu-mu-um (No. 2, Ga-lu-mu-um-e). 7 Corresponds to P. No. 5 I 10; No. 219; No. 3 1 9. Pornen reads zu-ga-gi-ib-(e). The sign KA has also the value zu, but it is probable that KA is the correct reading and the “ Scorpion King ” must be regarded as an erroneous reading. 8 Corresponds to P. No. 5 I 7-8; No. 3.1 3-6; No. 1 I 3-6, ® P, No. 1 I 11, Ar-pi-i; No. 3 I 11, Ar-pu-um; No. 5 I 14, Ar-pi-u. % The order of these names in the Nippur variants is Galibum, Atab, Atabba, Kalumum, Duggagib, Arpium. 12 P, No. 31 14, ba-é-da ; P. No. 2 I 14, ni-ib-8-da. 5,P, No. 2 I 19, has 410 years. 10 Sign here is BAR. 8 P, No. 2 I 16, 600 + 35 (?) “ P. No. 21 17, Wa-li-th. For this name, Kine, Chronicles, Il 47 has AN-ILLAD ! : ‘6 En-me-nun-na-ge and 611 years, P. No. 21 20. Here the Dynastic - Chronicle, Kivc, Chronicles, II 47, 3, En-men-nun-na. 1 Kine, Chronizles, II 47 read A-lam-ki3-Su, certainly a scribal error. 19 Not MES, KISIB. 4% P, No. 5 1.17 omits dumu HEnmenunna. ;