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Abi-simti
Abi-simti (Abī-simtī) was a royal woman of the Third Dynasty of Ur, attested as queen during the reigns of Amar-Sin and Šu-Sin, whether as wife or mother.
Amar-Sin
Amar-Sin, also read Amar-Suen or Amar-Suena, was the third king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Mesopotamia, son and successor of Shulgi, reigning about 2046 to 2038 BC.
Anubanini
Anubanini was a king of Lullubum in the Zagros mountains of western Iran around 2000 BC, known from a rock relief and Akkadian inscription at Sar-e Pol-e Zahab.
Apilkin
Apilkin was a king of the Gutian dynasty of Sumer, known essentially from a single line in the Sumerian King List assigning him a 3-year reign between Kurum and Laerabum.
Dudu (king of Akkad)
Dudu of Akkad was a late Sargonic king of Akkad, listed in the Sumerian King List for 21 years and succeeded by his son Shu-turul, one of the last two kings.
Elulmesh
Elulmesh (Elulumeš) is a Gutian king listed in the Sumerian King List as ruling Babylonia after the Akkadian dynasty, known only from later king lists.
Elulu (king of Akkad)
Elulu was a king of Akkad around 2190 BC, listed in the Sumerian King List as one of four rival kings who together reigned only three years after Shar-kalli-sharri died.
Erridupizir
Erridupizir, also written Erridu-pizir, was a Gutian ruler after the Akkadian dynasty, known from statue inscriptions at Nippur recording his execution of the king of Madga and campaigns against the Lullubi.
Geme-Ninlila
Geme-Ninlila was a royal woman of the Ur III dynasty known from cuneiform tablets at Puzriš-Dagan as a consort or concubine of King Shulgi, with her own business activity.
Gudea
Gudea was ensi (ruler) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in southern Mesopotamia around 2150-2125 BCE, remembered as a temple builder and known from many diorite statues and inscriptions.
Hablum
Ḫablum was a king of the Gutian dynasty of Babylonia, named in the Sumerian King List between Ibranum and his son Puzur-Suen, with a recorded reign of 2 years.
Hanu (Assyrian king)
Hanu (Ḫa-nu) is the tenth of seventeen early "kings who lived in tents" on the Assyrian King List, between Didanu and Zuabu, conventionally dated to the 23rd century BC.
Hanun-Dagan
Hanun-Dagan was a shakkanakku, or military governor, of Mari on the middle Euphrates, a member of the shakkanakku dynasty that ruled the city in its own right.
Iarlagan
Iarlagan, also rendered Yarlagan, was a Gutian king of the late 3rd millennium BC, named king of Gutium in a contemporary inscription by Nammahni, governor of Umma.
Ibate
Ibate of Gutium is a Gutian king known only from the Sumerian King List, which assigns him a three-year reign between Yarlagab and Yarla; no contemporary inscription names him.
Ibbi-Sin
Ibbi-Sin, also known as Ibbi-Suen, was the fifth and last king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Mesopotamia, reigning 24 years before Elamite forces captured him and took him to Elam.
Ibranum
Ibranum was a Gutian ruler of Babylonia known only from the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a one-year reign between Irarum and Ḫablum.
Igeshaush
Igeshaush, also spelled Igešauš, was a Gutian king named in the Gutian section of the Sumerian King List, an early second millennium record of Babylonia's rulers.
Igigi (king of Akkad)
Igigi, written Irgigi in the principal Sumerian King List edition, was one of four rival claimants to the kingship of Akkad who ruled collectively for 3 years, about 2192–2190 BC.
Ilulu
Ilulu (𒅋𒇽) was a ruler of the Dynasty of Akkad, dated to the 2190s BC, named in the Sumerian King List as the last of four rival kings after Shar-kali-sharri.
Imi (king of Akkad)
Imi was a king of Akkad named in the Sumerian King List as one of four rivals who shared a 3-year reign after Shar-Kali-Sharri's death, around 2192–2190 BC.
Imsu
Imsu (Imšu) was, according to the Assyrian King List, the seventh of seventeen early "kings who lived in tents", named between Mandaru and Harsu, with no recorded reign length.
Imta
Imta, also given as Nibia, was a Gutian ruler of the late 3rd millennium BC, named in later tradition as the first Gutian king ruling in Sumer.
Inimabakesh
Inimabakeš was a Gutian ruler named in the Sumerian King List, credited with a 5-year reign over Sumer and Akkad after the fall of the Akkadian Empire.
Inkishush
Inkishush, also known as Inkišush, was a Gutian ruler of Mesopotamia named in the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a six-year reign after Imta.
Irarum
Irarum (Sumerian: i-ra-ru-um) is a Gutian king named in the Sumerian King List, which assigns him a two-year reign between La-erabum and Ibranum; no contemporary inscription mentions him.
Ishtup-Ilum
Ishtup-Ilum (Ištup-Ilum) was a shakkanakku, a military governor of Mari on the middle Euphrates, ruling c. 2147–2136 BCE; he is known from a diorite statue found at Mari in 1936.
Ishtup-Ishar
Ishtup-Ishar, also known as Ishtup-Shar, was a king of the second dynasty of Mari in Syria, attested only in the Ebla archives' Enna-Dagan Letter between Saumu and Iblul-Il.
Kubatum
Kubatum, written ku-ba-tum (Kubātum), was a concubine of Shu-Sin, king of Ur around 2037–2028 BC, known from a Sumerian love song calling her "my queen Kubatum".
Kurum
Kurum was a Gutian ruler of Sumer, known only from the Sumerian King List, which places him between Yarla and Apil-kin with a reign of one year.