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Uruk period and Early Dynastic Sumer: rulers and royal family

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Tata (king of Awan)

Tata was an early king of Awan in ancient western Iran, known only as the second of twelve kings named on a cuneiform king list found at Susa.

Tizqar

Tizqar, rendered Tizkar in some translations, is a legendary ruler of the First Dynasty of Kish, son of Samug and grandson of Barsal-nuna, known only from the Sumerian King List.

Tudiya

Tudiya, also rendered Tudija, is the first of the seventeen early Assyrian kings the King List says "lived in tents", with no contemporary evidence for him.

Ubara-Tutu

Ubara-Tutu, also written Ubartutu, is the legendary last antediluvian king of Shuruppak in the Sumerian King List, said to have ruled 18,600 years and fathered the flood hero Ziusudra.

Udul-kalama

Udul-kalama is a legendary ruler of Uruk known only from the Sumerian King List, which names him as Ur-Nungal's son and credits him with a 15-year reign.

Uhub

Uhub was an Early Dynastic ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Kish, known only from inscriptions, including a vase fragment in the British Museum; his title, king or governor, is unresolved.

Ukush

Ukush, read in the sources as U'u, was an ensi (ruler) of the Sumerian city-state of Umma during Early Dynastic IIIb, and the father of Lugalzagesi.

Undalulu

Undalulu of Akshak is a legendary early Sumerian king named in the Sumerian King List, second king of Akshak with a recorded reign of six years.

Unzi of Akshak

Unzi of Akshak is the first king of Akshak in the Sumerian King List, credited with a 30-year reign and treated by scholars as a legendary figure.

Ur-gigir

Ur-gigir, also written Ur-gigira, was a king of Uruk in the late 23rd or early 22nd century BC, second king of the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk.

Ur-Lumma

Ur-Lumma (also written Urlumma, Sumerian ur-lum-ma) was a king of the Sumerian city-state of Umma during the Early Dynastic IIIb period, son of King Enakalle.

Ur-Nungal

Ur-Nungal, variant Ur-lugal, is a legendary king of the First Dynasty of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, named as the son of Gilgamesh and given a 30-year reign.

Ur-Pabilsag

Ur-Pabilsag was an Early Dynastic ruler of the Sumerian city of Ur around 2600–2450 BC, known from a single inscribed vase fragment found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur.

Ur-Zababa

Ur-Zababa of Kish was a Sumerian king known from the Sumerian King List and the poem Sargon and Ur-Zababa, which tells how his cupbearer Sargon overthrew him.

Urukagina

Urukagina, also read Uruinimgina or Irikagina, was the last ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, reigning ten years in the 24th century BC and remembered for his Reform Texts.

Zamug

Zamug is a legendary king of the First Dynasty of Kish in Sumer, known only from the Sumerian King List and unattested by any contemporary inscriptions.

Ziusudra

Ziusudra is the legendary last antediluvian king of Shuruppak in Sumerian tradition, the hero of the Sumerian flood story who preserved mankind and animals and was granted eternal life.

Zuqaqip

Zuqaqip, also rendered Zuqaqipu, is a legendary king of the First Dynasty of Kish named in the Sumerian King List, placed between Kalumum and Atab with a 900-year reign.