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Lugal-annemundu
Lugal-annemundu, also written Lugal-ane-mundu, is a legendary king of Adab in the Sumerian King List, which gives him a 90-year reign about 2400 BCE and no contemporary inscriptions.
Lugal-dalu
Lugal-dalu, also written Lugal-da-lu, was a ruler of the Sumerian city of Adab in southern Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic IIIb period, around 2500 BC, known from two votive inscriptions.
Lugal-kinishe-dudu
Lugal-kinishe-dudu, also written Lugalkiginedudu, was an Early Dynastic king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia around 2425 BC, who united Uruk and Ur and made a brotherhood pact with Entemena of Lagash.
Lugal-kitun
Lugal-kitun is the twelfth and last king of the first dynasty of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, which records a 36-year reign before kingship passed to Ur.
Lugalanda
Lugalanda of Lagash was an ensi, or ruler, of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the late Early Dynastic period, husband of Queen Baranamtara and immediate predecessor of Urukagina.
Lugalbanda
Lugalbanda, also Lugulbanda, is a legendary king of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, hero of two Sumerian epics, husband of Ninsun, and father of Gilgamesh.
Lugalshaengur
Lugalshaengur (Lugal-sha-engur) was an early ruler, or ensi, of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, known only from a mace-head inscription of Mesalim, king of Kish.
Lugalsilâsi I
Lugalsilâsi I is a ruler of the Uruk II dynasty known only from the Sumerian King List, with no contemporary inscription attesting him, dated to the mid-3rd millennium BC.
Lugalzagesi
Lugalzagesi, also known as Lugalzaggisi, was a Sumerian king of Umma and then Uruk, the last overlord of Mesopotamia before Sargon of Akkad defeated and captured him.
Mamagal
Mamagal is a legendary king of Kish in the Sumerian King List's Second Dynasty, father of Kalbum, assigned a reign of 360 or 420 years.
Mashda
Mashda, also known as Masda, is an early ruler of Kish known only from the Sumerian King List, which assigns him a reign of 840 years.
Melam-Kishi
Melam-Kishi, also written Melem-Kish, is an early king of the First Dynasty of Kish in Sumer, known only from the Sumerian King List and unconfirmed by inscriptions.
Melem-ana
Melem-ana is a king of the first dynasty of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, placed between Meš-he the smith and Lugal-kitun with a reign of six years.
Mesannepada
Mesannepada, also written Mesannepadda, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Ur in Sumer, reigning from about 2563 to 2524 BC and also titled king of Kish.
Mesh-he
Mesh-he, also read Mes-he, is a smith assigned a 36-year reign in the Sumerian King List as a king of Uruk's First Dynasty, between Ennun-dara-ana and Melem-ana.
Mesilim
Mesilim (Mesalim) was a king of Kish in Early Dynastic Sumer, active around 2600–2550 BC, remembered chiefly as arbiter of the Lagash–Umma boundary dispute, often called the first international arbitration.
Meskalamdug
Meskalamdug (Mes-kalam-du), 'hero of the good land', was a ruler of the Sumerian city of Ur around 2600 BC, known from a gold helmet in the Iraq Museum.
Meskiagnunna
Meskiagnunna, also written Mes-ki'ag-nuna, was a king of the First Dynasty of Ur in Sumer, reigning in the mid-25th century BC. He succeeded Mesannepada and is known from a bowl dedication naming him "king of Ur".
Mug-si
Mug-si, also written Muk-si, was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Adab, modern Bismaya, Iraq, during the Early Dynastic IIIb period, about 2500-2340 BC.
Nangishlishma
Nangishlishma (Nanĝišlišma) is a legendary early king of Kish in the Sumerian King List, third ruler of the First Dynasty of Kish after the flood.
Nin-kisalsi
Nin-kisalsi was a governor (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Adab, in modern Iraq, around 2550 BC, known from an inscription naming Mesilim of Kish and possibly the city's earliest attested ruler.
Puabi
Puabi, also read Shub-ad, was a queen of Early Dynastic Ur in southern Mesopotamia, buried around 2500 BCE in tomb PG 800 with lavish gold jewelry.
Puannum
Puannum (Puanum) is a legendary king of the First Dynasty of Kish in the Sumerian King List, which assigns him a reign of 840 years.
Puzur-Nirah
Puzur-Nirah of Akshak is a legendary Early Dynastic Sumerian king, the fourth ruler of Akshak in the Sumerian King List, credited with a reign of 20 years.
Puzur-Suen (king of Kish)
Puzur-Suen is a legendary king of the Sumerian city of Kish, named in the Sumerian King List as the son of Kug-Bau and father of Ur-Zababa.
Samani (Assyrian king)
Samani, printed Samanu, is an early Assyrian king known only from the Assyrian King List, which names him as the son of Hale and father of Hayani.
Sharrum-iter
Sharrum-iter, also spelled Šarrum-iter, is the sixth and last king of Mari in the Sumerian King List, an ancient Mesopotamian composition, with a reign of 9 years.
Shasha (queen of Lagash)
Shasha (Šaša) was a queen of Lagash in the mid-24th century BC, wife of the last ruler Urukagina and head of the estate E2-MI2 at Girsu.
Shu-Suen of Akshak
Shu-Suen of Akshak, also written Šu-Sin, is a legendary Early Dynastic Sumerian king of Akshak, listed as the son of Išu-Il and the last of six Akshak kings.
Susuda
Susuda, called "the fuller", was a legendary king of Kish, heading the second dynasty in the Sumerian King List with a reign of 201 + X years.