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Ur-Nungal. Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the sixth Sumerian ruler in the First Dynasty of Uruk ( c. 26th century BC ), according to the Sumerian King List, which also claims he ruled 30 years. [1] Both the Sumerian King List and the Tummal Chronicle state he was the son of Gilgamesh, but only the Sumerian King List records he was the father of Udul ...
Mar 31, 2015 · Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the heir of Gilgamesh, a shadowy figure from the Sumerian king list who also appears as maintaining the temple of Enlil at Nippur in the Tummal Inscription. There's something strange about this name: Nungal is also the name of a goddess. Is this just a coincidence (nun-gal...
The first documented king of Uruk founded his own dynasty in Eanna, which only became part of Uruk during his son's reign. Meskiaggasher won control of the region extending from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains, east of Sumer, while Enmerkar officially gained the kingship after conquering Kish 's First Dynasty.
According to the Sumerian King List, Gilgamesh ruled the city of Uruk for 126 years. After his reign, he was succeeded by Ur-Nungal.
Gilgamesh ( / ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ /, [7] / ɡɪlˈɡɑːmɛʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9] [a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. He was possibly a historical king of the Sumerian ...
Uruk, today known as Warka, was a city in the ancient Near East situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of ancient Larsa.
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Sixteen copies (indicated as A, B, C... P) of this text are known, all of them written in Sumerian, although some of them clearly show Akkadian influence. The text appears to have been composed in the late third millennium BCE (Ur III period), and was later updated. The sequence of cities is identical to the Eridu Genesis.
