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Bara-irnun
Bara-irnun, also spelled Bara-irnum or Barag-irnun, was a queen consort of Umma in Sumer around 2370 BC, wife of the ruler Gishakidu and known from a gold votive plaque in the Louvre.
Birhurtura
Birhurtura, also written Birhar-tura, is an officer of Uruk in the Sumerian poem Gilgamesh and Aga, which tells of Aga of Kish besieging Uruk under Gilgamesh.
Gal-Sal
Gal-Sal is a private individual of archaic Sumer named on a clay tablet of about 3100 BC as holding two slaves, a contender for the earliest known named person.
Kushim (accountant)
Kushim is the name given to a Sumerian temple official of Uruk around 3100 BC, listed by Guinness as the earliest person whose name survives in writing.
Lu-diĝira
Lu-diĝira, also Lu-dingira, is the name of a Sumerian poet of about 1700 BC, known from the poem The message of Lu-diĝira to his mother.