Sumerian King List

Langdon1923 WB444 study, printedpage 18

18 - WELD-BLUNDELL COLLECTION VOL. II 7. [mu 3 |] w- ag 7. Three years they reigned. 8. [Du-du] mu 21 ni-ag 8. Dudu .reigned 21 years. 9. [Gimil-dur-ul] dumu Du-du-ge 9. Gimil-durul' son of Dudu 10. [mu] 15 ni- ag i 10. reigned 15 years 11. "11? lugal: 11. 11 kings 12. mu-bi 180-+-1 ib-ag - 12. They reigned 181 years * 13. <A-ga-de-(ki) ku ba-an- sig 18. Agade was smitten with weapons. 14. nam-lugal-bi Unug-(ki)-su bagin 14. The rulership. passed to Erech. 15. Unug-(ki) Ur-nigin lugal-im 15. At Erech Ur-nigin became king. 16. mu 7 n- ag. 16. He reigned 7 years. 17. Ur-gigir dumu Ur-nigin- ge 17. Ur-gigir son of Urnigin 18... mu 6 ni- ag ' 18. ruled 6 = years. 19. Kudda* mu 6 ni- ag 19. Kudda reigned 6 years. 20. Gimil-ili mu 5 ni- ag 20. Gimil-ili reigned 5 years. 21. Ur-“Babbar mu 6 ni- ag / 21. Ur-Babbar reigned’ 6 years. 22. 5 lugal 22. 5 kings. 23. mu-bi 30 ib- ag 23. They reigned 380 years. ° 24. Unug-(ki) ku ka- an- sig 24. Erech was smitten with weapons. 25. nam-lugal-bi ; 25. The rulership 26. ugnim Gu-tu-um® ba-gin ~* | 26. to the Gutean hordes passed. (27, ugnim § Gu-tu-um-(ki) . , 27. The hordes of Gutim 28. lugal-mu — nu-tuk" _ |.98. had not a king by name. 29. Im-ta’-a lugal-im mu 3° ni-ag 29, Imtd became king. He ruled 3 years. 80. In-ki®-3i mu 6 ni-ag | 30. Inkigu reigned 6 years." 81. Ni-kil-la-gab” mu 6 ni-ag 81. Nikillagab reigned 6 years. 32. Sul-me-e mu «6 ni-ag 32. Sulmé reigned 6 years. 33. E-lu-lu-mes mu_—séG ni-ag 83. Elulume’ reigned 6 years. 84. I-ni-ma-ba-ki-e§ mu 5 — ni-ag 84, InimabakéS reigned 5 years. 35. I-gi-e$-a-us mu 6 ni-ag 35. IgéSauS reigned 6 years. 1 For inscriptions of Dade and Giinil- Durul, v. Tuureau-Danew, Chronologie, 63 and Gap, Early Dynasties, Pl. 3. For the probable reading of KIB as ul, v. Scuzn, RA. 18, 98-9, Cf. KIB in eu-KIB = muaddi kirbiti, K. 4406 Rev. I 15, in Kine, Creat.; Vol. Il Pl. 55 = Bk. VII 67. See note on.this line in my Babyl. Epic of Creation. 2S, Rev. 8 has 12 kings, which includes the period of anarchy in 1 line 41 above. . 3 P, 2 Rev. Il 2 and S. Rev. 8 have 197 years. The figures on these variants actually yield 197; 55 +15 + 7 + 56 + 25 +34 21 + 15 = 197. Since the total here is only 181 and only the figures for Naram-Sin and Sargaligarri are missing (beside the length of the period of the four kings Igigi to Elulu) it is obvious that one or both must be reduced. Assuming 24 for Sargalisarri we are bound*to assume 38 for Naram-Sin. ‘ A vase recently found at Warka (?) mentions Kudda as a gangu priest of Innini and Babbar, and is _ dedicated to Ningal of Ur. Possibly filched from the excavations at Ur. 8S, Rev. 11-16 has the figures 34+ 6+6-+5-+6 and the total 26, 6S, Rev. 18, Gu-ti-um-(ki)-su. ™L. No. 1 VII 2, lugal nu-ub-tuk, had not a king. 8 L, No. 4 VIII 3, Im-bi-a. Which is right. The signs are so similar that a scribal error has occurred. 9 L, No. 1 R. VIII 3 has 5 years. 10 Var. git. 1! Var. L. No. 1 VIII5 has 7 years. 12 Here perhaps L. No.1 VII 19.......... an-gab. i