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Meskiagnun, also Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna (Sumerian: ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ, Meskiagฬnun [mes-ki-aลโ-nun], also ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐พ, Meskiagฬnunna [D mes-ki-aลโ-nun-na]; fl. c. 2550 BC), was the fourth lugal or king of the First Dynasty of Ur, according to the Sumerian King List, which states he ruled for 36 years.
The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.
Unlike his successors, Meshkiangasher is not found in any poem or hymn besides the King list. His reign has long been suspected to be a fabrication during the Ur III period [3] due to the Sumerian-Akkadian hybrid structure of his name, the element MES, which occurs in historical royal names of Ur, and the tradition about his disappearance. [4]
The "Lion eagle", another object found in the dedication deposit of the "Treasure of Ur" [7] Mesannepada was a son of Meskalamdug. [8] A lapis-lazuli bead with the name of King Meskalamdug was found in Mari, in the so-called "Treasure of Ur", and reads: [9] [10] [11]
That Ziusudra was a king from Shuruppak is supported by the Gilgamesh XI tablet, which makes reference to Utnapishtim (the Akkadian translation of the Sumerian name Ziusudra) with the epithet "man of Shuruppak" at line 23. [11]
As the name seems to be an Akkadian phrase meaning "All(kullat) of them(šina) (were) lord(bฤl)", it has sometimes been suggested that the occurrence of this name on the list was intended to denote a period of no central authority in the early period of Kish.
Lugal-Anne-Mundu (Sumerian: ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐, lugal-an-neโ-mu-un-duโ, c. 24th century BC) was the most important king of the city-state of Adab in Sumer. The Sumerian king list claims he reigned for 90 years, following the defeat of Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna II, son of Nanni, of Ur. [1]
Balulu (Sumerian: ๐๐ป๐ป, ba-lu-lu; fl. c. 2440 BC) [1] was the final king of the First Dynasty of Ur, according to the Sumerian King List, which states he ruled for 36 years: [2] Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna , son of Mesannepada , was king, 36 years he ruled; Elulu , 25 years he ruled; Balulu, 36 years he ruled; 4 kings, the years: 171(?) they ruled.