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Uruk I. Enmerkar [a] [b] was an ancient Sumerian ruler to whom the construction of the city of Uruk and a 420-year reign [c] was attributed. According to literary sources, he led various campaigns against the land of Aratta. He is credited in Sumerian legend as the inventor of writing. [4]
- Uruk I
- c. 3400-3100 BC (Late Uruk Period)
Enmerkar, ancient Sumerian hero and king of Uruk (Erech), a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, who is thought to have lived at the end of the 4th or beginning of the 3rd millennium bc. Along with Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh, Enmerkar is one of the three most significant figures in the surviving Sumerian epics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 8, 2023 · The main characters of the Matter of Aratta are Enmerkar (king of Uruk), the Lord of Aratta, the goddess Inanna, the warrior Lugalbanda, the sorcerer, Urgirinuna, sorceress Sagburu, the messenger who travels back and forth between Uruk and Aratta, and the Anzud Bird.
- Joshua J. Mark
Enmerkar vs. the king of Ararat: 2100 BC. Documents the Tower of Babel Division of Languages in 2850 BC. See also: Nimrod builds the Tower of Babel. “For man will then have no enemy.
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Mar 23, 2020 · In the Sumerian King List, Enmerkar appears as the second king of the First Dynasty of Uruk. His father was Meskiaggasher (Mesh-ki-ang-gasher), the son of the god Utu (the twin of the goddess Inanna, the Queen of Heaven), later worshipped as Shamash, the Mesopotamian Sun god associated with justice, truth, and morality.
Jul 3, 2014 · Enmerkar is the priest-king (en) of Uruk, and as such, the ritual husband of the Great Goddess Inanna, upon whose favor the city´s prosperity depends. But the city of Aratta, in the snow-capped mountains that border Mesopotamia is also under the protection of the Goddess, and ruled by an en devoted to Her as well.
Enmerkar, ancient Sumerian hero and king of Uruk (Erech), a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, who is thought to have lived at the end of the 4th or beginning of the 3rd millennium bc. Along with Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh, Enmerkar is one of the three most significant figures in the surviving Sumerian epics.
