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Map of Iraq showing the archaeological sites where clay tablets containing (parts of) the Sumerian King List have been found. The Sumerian King List is known from a number of different sources, all in the form of clay tablets or cylinders and written in Sumerian .
Shuruppak (Sumerian: ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ Šuruppag KI, SU.KUR.RU ki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qฤdisiyyah Governorate.
The Sumerian King List provides a tentative political history of ancient Sumer and mentions, among others, several rulers of Ur. Mesannepada is the first king mentioned in the Sumerian King List, and appears to have lived in the 26th century BC.
Sumer (/ ห s uห m ษr /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
Girsu (Sumerian ฤirsu; [1] cuneiform ฤir 2-su ki ๐๐ข๐ ) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq.
Lagash [4] / ห l eษช ษก æ ส / (cuneiform: ๐ข๐๐ท๐ LAGAŠ KI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city-state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq.
Kish (Sumerian: Kiš; transliteration: Kiš ki; cuneiform: ๐ง๐ ; [1] Akkadian: Kiššatu, [2] near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (), located 80 km (50 mi) south of Baghdad and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the ancient city of Babylon.
According to the Sumerian King List, the final ruler of the First Dynasty of Uruk Lugal-kitun was overthrown by Mesannepada of Ur. There were then four kings in the First Dynasty of Ur: Mesannepada, Mes-kiagnuna, Elulu, and Balulu. [3] Two other kings earlier than Mes-Anepada are known from other sources, namely Mes-kalam-du and A-Kalam-du. [3]