(in mss. Melem-ana (ms. Su2 has instead: Til-kug (?) Then Urim was defeated (ms. TL has instead:destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Adab. 0 Reviews. I agree to receive email updates and promotions. The document itself is one of a kind, in terms of the history it details. years. In Curuppag, Ubara-Tutu became king; he ruled for 18600 years. Lugal-kitun (?) Addeddate 2017-01-16 02:30:12 Identifier in.ernet.dli.2015.283790 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8bg7vk11 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Ppi 600 Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.1.0. plus-circle Add Review. "Compositions with A Historical Background" presents documents such as the Sumerian King List and various laments for individual cities. A total of 12 kings ruled for 396 years, 3 times in Urim (Ur). However, in the WB-62 Sumerian king list recension, Ziusudra, or Zin-Suddu of Shuruppak, is the last king before the flood. IB, L1+N1, S, Su1 have:) 24 years. Ur-Ninurta (mss. Lugal-ure (ms. P3+BT14 has instead: Lugal-kinice-dudu (?)) En-nun-tarah-ana ruled for 8 years. Kurum (ms. L1+N1 has instead: ……) ruled for 1 (ms. Mi has instead: 3) years. There are 11 cities, cities in
which the kingship was exercised. 244-258, respectively, as one dynasty). The Sumerian King List - by L.C. Found inside... creation of national narrative; lexical lists; Sumerian King List; translation dogs Donohue, Anthony Drehem drinking songs drought Dumuzi-Gamil Dur-Sin ... Macda, the son of Atab, ruled for 840 (ms. Su1 has instead: 720) years. Then Zimbir fell (?) P3+BT14, S have:) 3 years. A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The kings mentioned in the "Sumerian King List" are also attested in other important, historiographical sources. A Separate Period of the Half-Gods. L1+N1, P2+L2 have instead: under whom Unug was built), became king; he ruled for 420 (ms. TL has instead: 900 +
X) years. the flood when years equalled 360 days. The Sumerian King Lists first fragments were excavated in the 1900s by Hermann Hilprecht at the ancient Sumerian city of Nippur. Sumerian versions of the epic date back almost 5000 years. Cu-Durul, the son of Dudu, ruled for 15 (ms. IB has instead: 18) years. Lipit-Enlil, the son of Bur-Suen, ruled for 5 years. En-men-barage-si, who made the land of Elam
submit, became king; he ruled for 900 years. 95-133In E-ana, Mec-ki-aj-gacer, the son of Utu, became lord and king; he ruled for 324 (ms. P2+L2 has instead: 325)
years. L1+N1, P2+L2, P3+BT14
have:) 25 years. English Translation of Sumerian Words. Translation of parts of the Sumerian King List. 14 kings; they ruled for 203 years (ms. P5 has instead: 225 years and 6 months). Su1, Su3+Su4, which
omit Dudu and Cu-Durul, have instead: 9 kings; they ruled for (ms. Su1 has:) 161 (ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 177) years. years, once in, Welcome to mesopotamiangods.com, Where History & Modern Man Began. Found inside â Page 70The first considerable fragment of the Sumerian King List was published in ... L. Austine Waddell found that translations of the SKL differed widely in the ... Meaning of babum. L1+N1, S have instead: 12) years. Fi, Go, P6, and WB 62 were not used; if not specified by a note, numerical data come from ms. (ms. IB has:) 3 kings; they ruled for (ms. IB
has:) 582 (ms. TL has instead:
578) years. (ms. P5 adds:) Damiq-ilicu, the son of Suen-magir, ruled for 23 years. years, once in Agade. ruled for 2 years. Jacobsen argues that Weld-Blundell tablet number 444 constitutes the purest form of the preamble text. 1 king; he ruled for 25 (ms. P3+BT14 has instead: 34) years. L1+N1, TL have:) 90 years. Lugalbanda (Ninsun‘s semi-divine mixed-breed spouse), the shepherd, ruled for 1,200 years. The so-called "Tummal Inscription" (also known as "Tummal Chronicle") that dates back to early Old Babylonian period, is one of them. Sumerian is a language isolate and died out as a spoken language by 1800 BCE. P2, P5
have:) 20 (ms. Mi has instead:
18) years. Pagé-Perron is coordinating a project to machine translate 69,000 Mesopotamian . years. Translate Sumerians to English online and download now our free translation software to use at any time. IB, L1+N1, S, TL have:) 7 (ms. Su1 has instead: 24) years.(mss. Native to: Sumer and Akkad Region: Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) more. Suen-magir
ruled for 11 years. In 5 cities 8 kings; they ruled for 241200 years. The Sumerian king list: ( In the following translation, mss. Despite this belief, researchers have been unable to explain why this unique, historical list features a ‘mixture’ of mythical pre-dynastic rulers with historical rulers that are thought to have actually existed. Aga, the
son of En-men-barage-si, ruled for 625 years. 12 kings; they ruled for 2,310 (ms. Su2 has instead: 3,588) years. Gilgamec (Ninsun‘s son), whose father (Lugalbanda) was a phantom (? Icme-Camac
ruled for 11 years. 4 kings; they ruled for 108 years (mss. Revision of the first volume of the author's thesis (Ph. became king; he ruled
for 30 (ms. TL has instead:
90) years. 8 kings; they ruled for 3195 (ms. L1+N1 has instead: 3792) years. The Sumerian lugals (or kings, a title which long outlived the Sumerians themselves) exercised power in eleven cities in southern Mesopotamia (according to the Sumerian king list). Erra-imitti ruled for 8 (mss. 1 king; he ruled for 25 (ms. P3+BT14 has instead: 34)
years. 6 kings; they ruled for 136 (ms. TL has instead: 184) years. Then the reign of Unug (Uruk) was abolished) and the kingship was taken to the army (ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: land) of Gutium. (ms. P3+BT14 adds:) 157 are the
years of the dynasty of Sargon. He is recorded as having reigned as both king and priest for 36,000 years. for) 6 years. Carrum-iter ruled for 9 (ms. TL has instead: 7) years. J, P5, Su1, Su3+Su4 have instead: 5 kings; they ruled for
(ms. P5 has:) 117 (ms.
Su1 has instead: 120 + X) (ms. Su3+Su4 has
instead: 123) years). The Sumerian version of this story was unknown until 1914 when my teacher and colleague, the distinguished Sumerologist, Arno Poebel, published a copy and translation of a tablet excavated some time between 1889 and 1900 at Nippur, Sumer's holy city. Kullassina-bel ruled for 960 (ms. P2+L2 has instead: 900) years. 237-248. Ectar-mut ruled for 11 (ms. Su1 has instead: 17 (?)) The name is cited only once, in Gen 10:10, where it appears with Babel and Akkad as one of the capitals. ruled for 36 (ms. Su2 has instead: 420)
years. Created with love for the passionately Curious. Thousands of Sumerian tablets still sit awaiting translation in museums around the world. P2+L2, P3+BT14, P5, the 10th and 11th rulers of the dynasty
precede the 8th and 9th.) P3+BT14, S have:) 3
years. Then Larag fell (?) 160-178In Kic, Susuda, the fuller, became king;
he ruled for 201 + X years. of ......, ruled for (ms. IB
has:) 2 years. Undalulu ruled for 6
(mss. Then Eridug fell and the kingship was taken to Bad-tibira. Then Akcak was defeated (ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Akcak was abolished). 258-263). Then Kic was defeated (ms. TL has instead:
destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Akcak. 378-431 uses numerical data
from each mss. The surviving clay tablet was dated by the scribe who wrote it in the reign of King Utukhegal of Erech (Uruk), which places it around 2125 B.C. Argandea ruled for 7 years. (In mss. La-erabum (?) Then Unug (Uruk) was defeated (ms. TL has instead:destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Urim (Ur). Unfortunately, the fact that Sumerian names tended to be made up of a number of elements — sometimes consisting of whole sentences — means that most Sumerian names are simply just too unwieldy to have any serious consideration as real names today. Rimuc, the son of Sargon, ruled for 9 (ms. IB has instead: 7) (ms. L1+N1 has instead: 15) years. Until my work on the translation of the Kings List, all previous translators incorrectly used years for the numbers in the Kings List. The historical document describes how in the distant past when the first cities of Earth were created in Mesopotamia, its rulers came from the heavens and ruled over the land for tens of thousands of years. 185-191 is preceded by the 2nd dynasty of Urim of ll. 335-340 In Unug, Utu-hejal became king; he ruled for 427 years, …… days, (ms. IB has instead: 26 years, 2 + X months, and 15 days). Man-icticcu, the older brother of Rimuc, the son of Sargon, ruled for 15 (ms. L1+N1 has instead: 7) years. P2+L2, Su1 have instead: 410) years. Ibate ruled for 3 years. 297-307In Unug, Ur-nijin became king; he ruled
for 7 (mss. And confirmation of the veracity of that translation came in the SUMERIAN KING LIST where the great flood occurs on lines 39-40 at a time when the 'kingship' is in the city of Šuruppag. Igecauc ruled for 6 (ms. Mi has instead: Ilu-an (?) (Isin, Bau‘s patron city ruins, heavily looted). Definition of babum in the Definitions.net dictionary. Sumerian King List: list of rulers of ancient Sumer, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology. The
kingship was taken to Isin. Lugalbanda, the shepherd, ruled for 1200
years. P3+BT14, S have:) 4 of
them ruled for only (mss. ) Atab (mss. HAŠ/_ED-in. 378-431 uses numerical data from each mss. dc.title: The Sumerian King List dc.type: ptiff dc.type: pdf. L1+N1, TL, the 7th and 8th rulers of the dynasty are in reverse order)
...... ruled for 290 years. ...... ruled for 36 years. PÝ+Ha, S have instead:
26) years (ms. Su3+Su4, which omits Kuda
and Puzur-ili, has instead: 3 kings; they ruled for (ms. Su3+Su4
has:) 47 years). Men-nuna, (ms. L1+N1 adds:) the son of
Tuge (? The word translation is derived from the Latin word translatio that means to bring/carry across, though it is a concept that is probably as old as language itself. It is believed that the more years a king ruled, the more important he was in history. (In mss. ETCSL translation : t.2.1.1 After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug.In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28800 years. Lipit-Ectar,
the son of Icme-Dagan (ms. P2 has instead:
Iddin-Dagan), ruled for
(mss. En-tarah-ana ruled for (ms. P2+L2 has:) 420 years ……, 3 months, and 3 1/2 days. 335-340In Unug, Utu-hejal became king; he ruled for 427
years, ...... days (ms. IB has instead: 26
years, 2 + X months, and 15 days) (ms. J has
instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 15 days) (ms.
TL has instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 5 days). 3. The EPIC OF GILGAMESH relates the tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what . We may also earn commissions on purchases from other retail websites."After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug. Yarlagab ruled for 15 (ms. Mi has instead: 5) years. 12 kings; they ruled for 2310 (ms. Su2 has instead: 3588) years. In Sumerian king lists, Gilgamesh is noted as the fifth king ruling after the flood. IB, L1+N1, S, TL
have:) 7 (ms. Su1
has instead: 24) years. Puzur-Nirah ruled for (mss. 186-192 In Unug, En-cakanca-ana became king; he ruled for 60 years. Found inside â Page 30It seems , however , that whether Berossos used it as a source or not , he adopted the same convention the Sumerian King - List used . 308-334In the army (ms. Su3+Su4 has instead:
land) of Gutium, at first no
king was famous; they were their own kings and ruled thus for 3 years
(ms. L1+N1 has instead: they had no king; they ruled
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