Mesh-ki-ang-gasher (in some traditions)

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Mesh-ki-ang-gasher is a semi-legendary early Sumerian ruler, sometimes listed as a king of Uruk and associated with mythic or divine origins in Mesopotamian tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian ruler
legendary ruler
mythological figure
archaeologicalAttestation none securely identified
associatedCity Uruk NERFINISHED
associatedWith divine origins
early kings of Uruk
mythic origins
attestedAs Mesh-ki-ang-gasher of Eanna (in some versions) NERFINISHED
consideredByModernScholars legendary or mythologized king
culture Sumerian
evidenceType literary tradition only
fieldOfStudy Ancient Near Eastern history
Assyriology NERFINISHED
genreOfSources mythic-historical narrative
royal list
historicity uncertain
kingListPosition early ruler of Uruk dynasty
languageOfSources Sumerian NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Sumerian King List NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Sumerian
predecessorInTradition antediluvian rulers (in some reconstructions)
realm Uruk NERFINISHED
region Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
religiousContext Mesopotamian religion
role king of Uruk
sourceType cuneiform textual tradition
status semi-legendary
successorInTradition Enmerkar (in many versions of the Sumerian King List) NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Dynastic period (traditional chronology) NERFINISHED
title King of Uruk
traditionVariant sometimes omitted or altered in different king list manuscripts

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Enmerkar predecessor Mesh-ki-ang-gasher (in some traditions)