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The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.
A translation of a Sumerian text that lists the rulers of ancient Sumer from Eridu to Ur, with their reign lengths and events. The text covers the period from the mythical descent of kingship from heaven to the rise of Ur and the end of the Sumerian kingdom.
Jul 30, 2022 · The Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript that records the names, reigns and locations of kings of Sumer and neighboring dynasties. It blends mythical pre-dynastic rulers with historical kings, and reflects the origin and evolution of kingship in Sumerian history.
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description. The Sumerian king list is a compilation of names, places, and wholly fabulous dates and exploits, apparently edited to show and promote time-hallowed oneness of kingship in the face of the splintered city-states of the period.
A clay prism with cuneiform script recording the succession of cities and rulers in ancient Mesopotamia. The list combines myth, legend and history, starting with the mythological origins of kingship and ending with the Isin dynasty.
The Sumerian king list: translation. ( In the following translation, mss. are referred to by the sigla used by Vincente 1995; from those listed there, mss. Fi, Go, P6, and WB 62 were not used; if not specified by a note, numerical data come from ms. WB.) 1-39 After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug.
The highly important Sumerian king list was written in Sumerian cuneiform on clay tablets, with the first version probably appearing during the Ur III Period (circa 2150-2000 BC). The list presumed to detail the dominant, and 'official', kings from the beginning of history - when kingship was first handed down from Heaven.
