In Šuruppak, Ubara-Tutu became king he ruled for 18,600 years.įive cities eight kings ruled for 385,200 sic years.Īfter the Flood had swept over, and the kingship had descended from heaven, the kingship was in Kiš. Then Sippar fell and the kingship was taken to Šuruppak. In Sippar, Enmen-dur-ana became king he ruled for 21,000 years. Then Larak fell and the kingship was taken to Sippar. In Larak, En-sipad-zid-ana ruled for 28,800 years. Then Bad-tibira fell and the kingship was taken to Larak.
Three kings they ruled for 108,000 years. The divine Dumuzi, the shepherd, ruled for 36,000 years. In Bad-tibira, Enmen-lu-ana ruled for 43,200 years. Then Eridu fell and the kingship was taken to Bad-tibira. In Eridu, Alulim became king he ruled for 28,800 years. TranslationĪfter the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridu. The text presented here is based on version G, an octagonal prism from Larsa. The sequence of cities is identical to the Eridu Genesis. The text appears to have been composed in the late third millennium BCE (Ur III period), and was later updated. P) of this text are known, all of them written in Sumerian, although some of them clearly show Akkadian influence. Sumerian King List: list of rulers of ancient Sumer, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology.
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