Sumerian King List
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The Sumerian King List is an ancient Mesopotamian text that records a legendary sequence of kings, their dynasties, and improbably long reigns from mythical times through early historical periods.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumerian King List canonical | 7 |
| Sumerian chronology | 1 |
| Sumerian king lists | 1 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian text
ⓘ
ancient text ⓘ historiographical text ⓘ king list ⓘ |
| bestPreservedCopyLocation | Ashmolean Museum ⓘ |
| bestPreservedCopyName | Weld-Blundell Prism ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | mythical times to early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| compiledBy | anonymous Sumerian scribes ⓘ |
| cosmologicalElement | division into pre-flood and post-flood eras ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian civilization ⓘ |
| describes |
dynasties of Sumer
ⓘ
early historical kings ⓘ lengths of royal reigns ⓘ mythical antediluvian kings ⓘ sequence of Sumerian kings ⓘ |
| earliestCompilationDate | early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| extantCopies | multiple clay tablets and prisms ⓘ |
| genre |
chronographic text
ⓘ
royal list ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
The Flood
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Flood
|
| includesKing |
Alulim
ⓘ
En-me-barage-si of Kish ⓘ En-men-lu-ana ⓘ Etana of Kish ⓘ Gilgamesh ⓘ
surface form:
Gilgamesh of Uruk
Ishbi-Erra of Isin ⓘ Mesannepada of Ur ⓘ Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ Sargon of Akkad ⓘ Shulgi of Ur ⓘ Ur-Nammu ⓘ
surface form:
Ur-Nammu of Ur
Utu-hegal of Uruk ⓘ |
| influenced | later Mesopotamian king lists ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian language ⓘ |
| listsCity |
Akkad
ⓘ
Awan ⓘ Bad-tibira ⓘ Eridu ⓘ Hamazi ⓘ Isin ⓘ Kish ⓘ Larak ⓘ Shuruppak ⓘ Sippar ⓘ Ur ⓘ Uruk ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dynasties of Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form:
kings of Sumer
reigns of kings ⓘ |
| material |
clay prisms
ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
improbably long reigns
ⓘ
kingship descending from heaven ⓘ transition from mythical to historical kings ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ |
| politicalFunction |
legitimation of dynastic rule
ⓘ
unification of Sumerian history ⓘ |
| preservationState | fragmentary in many copies ⓘ |
| reignLengthsType |
more realistic for later kings
ⓘ
mythically long for antediluvian kings ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Babylonian chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian King List
Weld-Blundell Prism ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| religiousElement | kingship conferred by gods ⓘ |
| scholarlyUse |
reconstruction of Sumerian dynasties
ⓘ
study of Mesopotamian historiography ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right horizontal lines ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Sumerian King List
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian chronology
early Mesopotamian political history ⓘ |
| structure |
dynasties arranged by city
ⓘ
sequence of cities holding kingship ⓘ |
| transmission | copied and updated over centuries ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform script ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sumerian king lists
this entity surface form:
Sumerian chronology