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En-tarah-ana
En-tarah-ana is the fourth legendary king of Kish in the Sumerian King List, credited with a reign of 420 years, 3 months, and 3 1/2 days.
Enakalle
Enakalle, also written Enakale or Enakalli, was ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Umma around 2500 BC, who made peace with Eannatum of Lagash and was father of Ur-Lumma.
Enannatum I
Enannatum I, also written Enanatum I, was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2425–2420 BC, brother and successor of Eannatum and father of Entemena.
Enannatum II
Enannatum II was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2390 BC, son and successor of Entemena and the last king of its First Dynasty.
Enannatumma
Enannatumma, also written Enanatuma, was an en-priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur, a daughter of King Išme-Dagan of Isin, who held the office for about 67 years until her death around 1886 BC.
Enbi-Ishtar
Enbi-Ishtar (Enbi-Ištar) was a king of Kish in southern Mesopotamia in the mid-third millennium BC, captured by Enshakushanna of Uruk, who destroyed Kish and dedicated its spoil to Enlil at Nippur.
Enetarzi
Enentarzi, also written En-entar-zi, was ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the Early Dynastic IIIb period, after serving as high administrator of the temple of Ningirsu at Girsu; his son Lugalanda succeeded him.
Enhegal
Enhegal, also written Enkhegal, was one of the earliest known rulers of Lagash, a Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, flourishing around 2570 BC on the middle chronology.
Enlil-bani
Enlil-bani was the tenth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in Mesopotamia, credited with a 24-year reign dated 1860–1837 BC amid conflict with rival Larsa.
Enlil-kudurri-usur
Enlil-kudurri-usur, also known as Enlil-kudurrī-uṣur, was the 81st king of Assyria, a son of Tukulti-Ninurta I who ruled five years around 1196–1192 BC before Ninurta-apil-Ekur seized the throne.
Enlil-nadin-ahi
Enlil-nadin-ahi (Enlil-nādin-aḫi) was the 36th and final king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, reigning ca. 1157–1155 BC; his defeat by an Elamite king ended the dynasty.
Enlil-nadin-apli
Enlil-nādin-apli was a king of Babylon, the third ruler of the Second Dynasty of Isin, who reigned four years between Nebuchadnezzar I and Marduk-nādin-ahi in the late second millennium BC.
Enlil-nadin-shumi
Enlil-nādin-šumi was a Kassite king of Babylon, 29th in the dynasty between Kaštiliašu IV and Kadašman-Ḫarbe II, appointed under Assyrian control after Tukulti-Ninurta I's conquest of Babylonia around 1225 BC.
Enlil-nasir I
Enlil-nasir I (Enlil-nāṣir I) was king of Assyria in the early-to-mid 15th century BC, recorded in the Assyrian King List as son of Puzur-Aššur III.
Enlil-nasir II
Enlil-nasir II was a king of Assyria in the fifteenth century BC who, according to the Assyrian King List, seized the throne from his brother Ashur-nadin-ahhe I and ruled six years.
Enlil-nirari
Enlil-nirari, also known as Enlil-nārāri, was a king of Assyria in the early Middle Assyrian period, the son of Aššur-uballiṭ I and father of Arik-den-ili.
Enmebaragesi
Enmebaragesi of Kish was an Early Dynastic Sumerian king who reigned around 2700 BC, the earliest Mesopotamian ruler known from a contemporary inscription and the father of Aga, Gilgamesh's opponent in epic tradition.
Enmenanna
Enmenanna, also written Enmenana, was a daughter of the Akkadian king Naram-Sin who served as en-priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur around 2250 BC, continuing a royal tradition begun with Enheduanna.
Enmerkar
Enmerkar of Uruk is a legendary king of Uruk, counted in the Sumerian King List and remembered as the hero of the Aratta cycle of Sumerian epics.
Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana
Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana is a Sumerian narrative poem of the Aratta cycle, in which Enmerkar of Uruk defeats the lord of Aratta through a magic contest.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is a Sumerian epic poem, about 650 lines long, telling how King Enmerkar of Uruk won supremacy over the city of Aratta.
Enna-Dagan
Enna-Dagan was a king of Mari in northern Syria during the twenty-fourth century BC, known almost entirely from a threatening letter preserved in Ebla's royal archive.
Ennam-Assur
Ennam-Assur (Ennam-Aššur) was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh, modern Kültepe in Turkey, in the 19th century BC, known from six commercial tablets found there in 1949.
Ennigaldi-Nanna
Ennigaldi-Nanna was a daughter of the Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus and, from 547 BCE, high priestess of the moon god Sin at Ur, curating the earliest known museum.
Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum
Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, a collection of labeled antiquities assembled around 530 BCE at Ur in southern Mesopotamia, is considered the earliest known museum, curated by Ennigaldi-Nanna, daughter of King Nabonidus.
Enshakushanna
Enshakushanna (Enšakušana) was a king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia around the mid-24th century BC, known from inscriptions recording his destruction of Kish and capture of its king Enbi-Ištar.
Enshakushanna's sack of Kish
Enshakushanna's sack of Kish was the destruction of Kish and capture of its king Enbi-Ištar by Enshakushanna, king of Uruk, around 2500 BC, ending Kish's hegemony over Sumer.
Ensi
Ensi (énsi) is a Sumerian title for a ruler or governor, used chiefly by the rulers of Lagash and later by provincial governors under the Akkadian and Ur III states.
Entemena
Entemena, also known as Enmetena of Lagash, was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2420–2400 BC, best known for his silver vase and boundary inscription.
Entemena's treaty with Umma
Entemena's treaty with Umma was the boundary settlement between the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma, concluded under Enmetena, ruler of Lagash, around 2420 to 2400 BC.