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Dumuzid the Fisherman. Figure of a priest king from the Uruk period (3300 BC). Dumuzid, [a] titled the Fisherman, [b] was a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk listed originating from Kuara. According to legend, in the one-hundredth year of his reign, he was captured by Enmebaragesi .
- legendary
- Gilgamesh
Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, romanized: Tammûz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻, romanized: Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as Adon (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍; Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with ...
- Inanna (later known as Ishtar)
- Geshtinanna (sister), Amashilama (not usually, but in some texts said to be his sister)
Dumuzid of Bad-Tibira, the shepherd (reigning 36000 years), the fifth King before the Flood; Dumuzid of Kua, the fisherman (reigning 100 years), the third King of the first dynasty, reigning between Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh the son of Lugalbanda
The two rulers mentioned in the Sumerian king list are Dumuzid of Bad-Tibira, the shepherd and the fifth King before the flood, and Dumuzid of Kua, the fisherman. Inanna and Dumuzid: A Turbulent Relationship. Based on what we know from ancient texts, Inanna and Dumuzid had a complex, often turbulent relationship that may have been an allegory ...
