# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Dynastic (ED) IIIa period ( c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC) | |||||
Dynasty of Awan ( reigned c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC) | |||||
1st | Unknown |
r. c. 2600 – c. 2550 BC (50 years) |
Unclear succession | [i] | |
2nd | ...Lu |
r. c. 2550 – c. 2536 BC (14 years) |
[ii] | ||
3rd | Kur-Ishshak |
r. c. 2536 – c. 2500 BC (36 years) |
[iii] |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akkadian period ( c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Kingdom of Anshan ( r. c. 2350 – c. 2305 BC) | |||||
Unknown |
r. c. 2350 – c. 2305 BC (45 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Dynasty of Awan ( r. c. 2193 – c. 2140 BC) | |||||
12th | Puzur-Inshushinak |
r. c. 2193 – c. 2140 BC (53 years) |
Nephew of Khita (?) | [a] | |
Gutian period ( c. 2154 – c. 2119 BC) | |||||
Second dynasty of Lagash ( r. c. 2140 – c. 2110 BC) | |||||
Gudea |
r. c. 2140 – c. 2124 BC (16 years) |
Son-in-law of Ur-Baba | |||
Ur-Ningirsu II |
r. c. 2124 – c. 2119 BC (5 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Ur-gar |
r. c. 2119 – c. 2113 BC (6 years) | ||||
Nam-mahani |
r. c. 2113 – c. 2110 BC (3 years) | ||||
Ur III period ( c. 2119 – c. 2004 BC) | |||||
Third dynasty of Ur ( r. c. 2110 – c. 2068 BC) | |||||
Ur-Nammu |
r. c. 2110 – c. 2094 BC (16 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Shulgi |
r. c. 2094 – c. 2068 BC (26 years) |
Son of Ur-Nammu | |||
Governorship of Anshan ( r. c. 2068 – c. 2061 BC) | |||||
Shalabum |
r. c. 2068 – c. 2064 BC (4 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Libum |
r. c. 2064 – c. 2061 BC (3 years) |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akkadian period ( c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Shakkanakku dynasty of Akkadian military governors in Awan, Elam, Susa, and Pashime ( r. c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Sanam-Shimut |
r. c. 2331 – c. 2325 BC (≈1–25 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Zinuba |
r. c. 2325 – c. 2315 BC (≈1–10 years) | ||||
Lamgium |
r. c. 2315 – c. 2311 BC (≈1–15 years) | ||||
Eshpum |
r. c. 2311 – c. 2269 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Uba |
r. c. 2269 – c. 2260 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Ur-Ili-Adad |
r. c. 2260 – c. 2255 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Epirmupi |
r. c. 2255 – c. 2250 BCE (≈1–45 years) | ||||
Ilishmani |
r. c. 2250 – c. 2245 BCE (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Shimpishuk |
r. c. 2245 – c. 2240 BCE (≈1–5 years) |
Brother of Khita (?) |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ur III period ( c. 2119 – c. 2004 BC) | |||||
Kingdom of Shimashki ( r. c. 2200 – c. 2100 BC) | |||||
Unknown |
r. c. 2200 – c. 2100 BC (≈7–100 years) |
Unclear succession d. c. 2100 BC |
[iv] | ||
Dynasty of Shimashki ( r. c. 2100 – c. 2001 BC) | |||||
1st | Girnamme |
r. c. 2100 – c. 2037 BC (≈4–90 years) |
Unclear succession | [v] | |
2nd | Tazitta I |
r. c. 2037 BC (≈1–87 years) |
Relative of Girnamme | [vi] | |
3rd | Eparti I |
r. c. 2037 – c. 2033 BC (≈1–73 years) |
Relative of Tazitta I | [vii] | |
4th | Tazitta II |
r. c. 2033 – c. 2028 BC (≈4–92 years) |
Unclear succession | [viii] | |
5th | Tan-Ruhurater I |
r. c. 2028 – c. 2027 BC (≈1–68 years) |
Unclear succession d. c. 2022 BC |
[ix] | |
6th | Kindadu |
r. c. 2027 – c. 1998 BC (≈5–63 years) |
Son of Tan-Ruhurater I | [x] | |
Isin-Larsa period ( c. 2001 – c. 1792 BC) | |||||
Dynasty of Shimashki ( r. c. 2004 – c. 1792 BC) | |||||
7th | Idaddu I |
r. c. 1998 – c. 1990 BC (≈5–91 years) |
Son of Kindadu (?) | [xi] | |
8th | Tan-Ruhurater II |
r. c. 1990 – c. 1980 BC (≈3–28 years) |
Son of Idaddu I | [xii] | |
9th | Eparti II |
r. c. 1980 – c. 1965 BC (≈5–120 years) |
Unclear succession | [xiii] | |
10th | Idaddu II |
r. c. 1965 – c. 1890 BC (≈1–110 years) |
Son of Tan-Ruhurater II | [xiv] | |
11th | Idaddu-napir |
r. c. 1890 – c. 1880 BC (≈10–85 years) |
Unclear succession | [xv] | |
12th | Idaddu-temti |
r. c. 1880 – c. 1850 BC (≈30–88 years) |
Unclear succession | [xvi] |
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), a project of the University of Oxford, comprises a selection of nearly 400 literary compositions recorded on sources which come from ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and date to the late third and early second millennia BCE.
Images presented online by the research project Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) are for the non-commercial use of students, scholars, and the public. Support for the project has been generously provided by the Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS), and by the Max Planck Society (MPS), Oxford and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); network services are from UCLA's Center for Digital Humanities.
The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project (PSD) is carried out in the Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. It is funded by the NEH and private contributions. [They] work with several other projects in the development of tools and corpora. [Two] of these have useful websites: the CDLI and the ETCSL.
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# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Dynastic (ED) IIIa period ( c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC) | |||||
Dynasty of Awan ( reigned c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC) | |||||
1st | Unknown |
r. c. 2600 – c. 2550 BC (50 years) |
Unclear succession | [i] | |
2nd | ...Lu |
r. c. 2550 – c. 2536 BC (14 years) |
[ii] | ||
3rd | Kur-Ishshak |
r. c. 2536 – c. 2500 BC (36 years) |
[iii] |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akkadian period ( c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Kingdom of Anshan ( r. c. 2350 – c. 2305 BC) | |||||
Unknown |
r. c. 2350 – c. 2305 BC (45 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Dynasty of Awan ( r. c. 2193 – c. 2140 BC) | |||||
12th | Puzur-Inshushinak |
r. c. 2193 – c. 2140 BC (53 years) |
Nephew of Khita (?) | [a] | |
Gutian period ( c. 2154 – c. 2119 BC) | |||||
Second dynasty of Lagash ( r. c. 2140 – c. 2110 BC) | |||||
Gudea |
r. c. 2140 – c. 2124 BC (16 years) |
Son-in-law of Ur-Baba | |||
Ur-Ningirsu II |
r. c. 2124 – c. 2119 BC (5 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Ur-gar |
r. c. 2119 – c. 2113 BC (6 years) | ||||
Nam-mahani |
r. c. 2113 – c. 2110 BC (3 years) | ||||
Ur III period ( c. 2119 – c. 2004 BC) | |||||
Third dynasty of Ur ( r. c. 2110 – c. 2068 BC) | |||||
Ur-Nammu |
r. c. 2110 – c. 2094 BC (16 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Shulgi |
r. c. 2094 – c. 2068 BC (26 years) |
Son of Ur-Nammu | |||
Governorship of Anshan ( r. c. 2068 – c. 2061 BC) | |||||
Shalabum |
r. c. 2068 – c. 2064 BC (4 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Libum |
r. c. 2064 – c. 2061 BC (3 years) |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akkadian period ( c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Shakkanakku dynasty of Akkadian military governors in Awan, Elam, Susa, and Pashime ( r. c. 2334 – c. 2154 BC) | |||||
Sanam-Shimut |
r. c. 2331 – c. 2325 BC (≈1–25 years) |
Unclear succession | |||
Zinuba |
r. c. 2325 – c. 2315 BC (≈1–10 years) | ||||
Lamgium |
r. c. 2315 – c. 2311 BC (≈1–15 years) | ||||
Eshpum |
r. c. 2311 – c. 2269 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Uba |
r. c. 2269 – c. 2260 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Ur-Ili-Adad |
r. c. 2260 – c. 2255 BC (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Epirmupi |
r. c. 2255 – c. 2250 BCE (≈1–45 years) | ||||
Ilishmani |
r. c. 2250 – c. 2245 BCE (≈1–56 years) | ||||
Shimpishuk |
r. c. 2245 – c. 2240 BCE (≈1–5 years) |
Brother of Khita (?) |
# | Portrait or inscription | Ruler | Approximated date and length of reign | Succession and death details | Notes and references |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ur III period ( c. 2119 – c. 2004 BC) | |||||
Kingdom of Shimashki ( r. c. 2200 – c. 2100 BC) | |||||
Unknown |
r. c. 2200 – c. 2100 BC (≈7–100 years) |
Unclear succession d. c. 2100 BC |
[iv] | ||
Dynasty of Shimashki ( r. c. 2100 – c. 2001 BC) | |||||
1st | Girnamme |
r. c. 2100 – c. 2037 BC (≈4–90 years) |
Unclear succession | [v] | |
2nd | Tazitta I |
r. c. 2037 BC (≈1–87 years) |
Relative of Girnamme | [vi] | |
3rd | Eparti I |
r. c. 2037 – c. 2033 BC (≈1–73 years) |
Relative of Tazitta I | [vii] | |
4th | Tazitta II |
r. c. 2033 – c. 2028 BC (≈4–92 years) |
Unclear succession | [viii] | |
5th | Tan-Ruhurater I |
r. c. 2028 – c. 2027 BC (≈1–68 years) |
Unclear succession d. c. 2022 BC |
[ix] | |
6th | Kindadu |
r. c. 2027 – c. 1998 BC (≈5–63 years) |
Son of Tan-Ruhurater I | [x] | |
Isin-Larsa period ( c. 2001 – c. 1792 BC) | |||||
Dynasty of Shimashki ( r. c. 2004 – c. 1792 BC) | |||||
7th | Idaddu I |
r. c. 1998 – c. 1990 BC (≈5–91 years) |
Son of Kindadu (?) | [xi] | |
8th | Tan-Ruhurater II |
r. c. 1990 – c. 1980 BC (≈3–28 years) |
Son of Idaddu I | [xii] | |
9th | Eparti II |
r. c. 1980 – c. 1965 BC (≈5–120 years) |
Unclear succession | [xiii] | |
10th | Idaddu II |
r. c. 1965 – c. 1890 BC (≈1–110 years) |
Son of Tan-Ruhurater II | [xiv] | |
11th | Idaddu-napir |
r. c. 1890 – c. 1880 BC (≈10–85 years) |
Unclear succession | [xv] | |
12th | Idaddu-temti |
r. c. 1880 – c. 1850 BC (≈30–88 years) |
Unclear succession | [xvi] |
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), a project of the University of Oxford, comprises a selection of nearly 400 literary compositions recorded on sources which come from ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and date to the late third and early second millennia BCE.
Images presented online by the research project Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) are for the non-commercial use of students, scholars, and the public. Support for the project has been generously provided by the Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS), and by the Max Planck Society (MPS), Oxford and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); network services are from UCLA's Center for Digital Humanities.
The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project (PSD) is carried out in the Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. It is funded by the NEH and private contributions. [They] work with several other projects in the development of tools and corpora. [Two] of these have useful websites: the CDLI and the ETCSL.
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