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La-erabum
La-erabum, earlier read Lasirab, was a Gutian ruler of the Sumerian King List, assigned a two-year reign between Apilkin and Irarum and known from an inscribed mace-head found at Sippar.
Nammahani
Nammahani, also rendered Nammahni, was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2108–2104 BC, known from royal inscriptions and the Code of Ur-Namma.
Nanum (king of Akkad)
Nanum, also written Nanium or Naniyum, was one of four rivals, with Igigi, Imi, and Elulu, who claimed the kingship of Akkad for three joint years after 2193 BC.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad (Narām-Sîn) was a king of the Akkadian Empire, c. 2254–2218 BC, grandson of Sargon and the first Mesopotamian king to declare himself a god.
Nûr-Mêr
Nûr-Mêr, also written Niwar-Mêr, was the fourth šakkanakku, or military governor, of Mari on the middle Euphrates in the late 3rd millennium BC, son of Išmaʿ-Dagan and brother-successor of Išdub-El.
Pirigme
Pirigme was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the late 22nd century BC, known from a brick inscription recording a dam he built for the god Ningirsu.
Puzer-Mama
Puzer-Mama, also written Puzur-Mama, was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Lagash around 2150 BC, known chiefly from a single royal inscription in which he claims the title king of Lagash.
Puzur-Ishtar
Puzur-Ishtar (Puzur-Ištar) was a shakkanakku, or military governor, of the Syrian city of Mari after the Akkadian Empire's fall, known from an inscribed statue whose head is in Berlin.
Puzur-Suen (Gutian king)
Puzur-Suen, sometimes rendered Puzur-Sin, was a Gutian king in the Sumerian King List, son of Hablum, credited with a seven-year reign after the fall of the Akkadian dynasty.
Rimush
Rimush (Rîmuš) was a king of the Akkadian Empire and a son of Sargon of Akkad, reigning about 2278–2270 BC; he suppressed southern rebellions, warred against Elam, and was assassinated by his courtiers.
Shu-Sin
Šu-Suen, also written Šu-Sin, was the fourth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, reigning 2035–2027 BC and known for the Amorite wall and the oldest love poem.
Shu-turul
Shu-turul, also written Šu-Durul or Shudurul, was the eleventh and final king of Akkad, son and successor of Dudu, reigning 15 years, 2168–2154 BC under the Middle Chronology.
Shulgi
Shulgi, also rendered Šulgi or Dungi, was the second king of the Ur III dynasty in ancient Mesopotamia, reigning 48 years from 2094 to 2047 BC.
Shulgi-simti
Shulgi-simti (Šulgi-simtī) was a wife of King Shulgi of the Third Dynasty of Ur, known almost entirely through an economic archive of cuneiform tablets from Puzriš-Dagān recording sacrificial animals.
Shulme
Shulme (Šulme) was a Gutian king of the later 22nd century BC, known only from the Sumerian King List, which assigns him a 6-year reign.
Shuqurtum
Shuqurtum was one of the wives and concubines at the court of King Shulgi of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, during his reign of 2094 to 2047 BC.
Si'um
Si'um, also spelled Siium, was a Gutian ruler named in some recensions of the Sumerian King List as penultimate king, with a reign of 7 years.
Simat-Ishtaran
Simat-Ishtaran, also written Šāt-Eštar, was a princess of the Third Dynasty of Ur who married the physician and general Šu-Kabta and managed the Garšana estate alone after his death.
Taram-Uram
Taram-Uram was a royal woman of the Third Dynasty of Ur, a wife of King Shulgi and daughter of Apil-kin, king of Mari, known from a single inscription found at Nippur.
Tirigan
Tirigan was the last king of Gutium in the Sumerian King List, with a reign of 40 days before his defeat and capture by Utu-hengal of Uruk, which ended Gutian rule in Babylonia.
Ur-Baba
Ur-Baba, also written Ur-Bau, was an ensi, or ruler-governor, of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2164–2144 BC, best known as the father-in-law and predecessor of Gudea.
Ur-gar
Ur-gar, also known as Ur-gar of Lagash, was an ensi (governor) of Lagash in southern Mesopotamia during the Lagash II period, around 2200–2100 BC, after the Akkadian Empire's collapse.
Ur-nigin
Ur-nigin, also written Ur-nigina, was a king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, the first ruler of its short Fourth Dynasty, around the late 23rd century BC.
Ur-Ningirsu
Ur-Ningirsu, sometimes called Ur-Ningirsu II, was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2110–2080 BC, the son and successor of the well-known ruler Gudea.
Utu-hengal
Utu-hengal, also written Utu-hegal or Utu-khegal, was a Sumerian king of Uruk who defeated the Gutian king Tirigan and briefly restored Sumerian rule around 2120 BC.
Watartum
Watartum is the conventional reading of the name of a royal woman of the Third Dynasty of Ur, wife of King Ur-Nammu and mother of Shulgi.
Yarla
Yarla was a Gutian ruler known only from the Sumerian King List, which places him between Ibate and Kurum and assigns him a reign of 3 years.
Yarlagab
Yarlagab, also known as Jarlagab, is a Gutian ruler in the Sumerian King List, placed between Igešauš and Ibate and credited with 15 years of reign.
Yarlaganda
Yarlaganda, also Jarlaganda, was a Gutian ruler named in the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a 7-year reign in the late 3rd millennium BC.
Yarlangab
Yarlangab, read Yarla in the main tradition, was a Gutian ruler of Mesopotamia known only from the Sumerian King List, with a reign of 3 years.