King (Sumerian: ๐, romanized: lugal; transliterated: lu.gal)
The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed with the Sumerian King List, a text which mentions Alulim.[1]
Successor
Alalgar
Sumerian
๐๐ป๐
Alulim (Sumerian: ๐๐ป๐ , romanized: รlulim; transliterated: aโ.lu.lim) was a mythological Mesopotamian ruler, regarded as the first king ever to rule. He is known from the Sumerian King List, Ballad of Early Rulers, and other similar sources which invariably place him in Eridu and assign a reign lasting thousands of years to him. The tablet of Old Babylonian period (c. 1900-1600 BC) from Ur describing the divine appointment of Alulim by the gods notes that he was chosen among "vast and many people," and appointed by gods for the "shepherdship of the entirety of the many people".[2] Another myth describing his appointment by the gods and incantations treating him as the creator of insects are also known. He is absent from Early Dynastic sources, and he is considered fictional by Assyriologists. His name was preserved in later Greek, Arabic and Persian works.
Alulim (Sumerian: ๐๐ป๐ , romanized:ย รlulim; transliterated: aโ.lu.lim) was a mythological Mesopotamian ruler, regarded as the first king ever to rule...
Sumerian King List (SKL). Also according to the SKL: Alalngar was preceded by Alulim. Additionally, Alalngar was succeeded by En-men-lu-ana of Bad-tibira. Alalngar...
came to be viewed as Alulimโs vizier, and he was considered to have brought civilization to the city as the sage of King Alulim. In Sumerian mythology...
societies, individuals have been mononymous, receiving only a single name. Alulim, first king of Sumer, is one of the earliest names known; Narmer, an ancient...
fit, if at all. Book 2 describes the history of the Babylonian kings from Alulim down to Nabonassar (747โ734 BC). Eusebius reports that Apollodorus reports...
have been the adviser of the mythical first (antediluvian) king of Eridu, Alulim. That connection is found in some texts, with King Alulu (Ref STT 176+185...
Notable Sumerians History of Sumer Mythology King list Pre-dynastic kings Alulim Dumuzid, the Shepherd En-men-dur-ana 1st Dynasty of Kish Etana En-me-barage-si...
them reigns of several tens of thousands of years. The first Sumerian king Alulim, at Eridu, is described as reigning for 28,800 years, followed by several...
the kingship was in Eridug." Alulim 8ย sarsย (28,800ย years) Weld-Blundell Prism: initial paragraph about rule of Alulim and Alalngar in Eridu for 64.800...
to the later carpe diem motif. In addition to Humbaba it also mentions Alulim, Etana, Gilgamesh, Ziusudra, Enkidu, Bazi and Zizi. Presumably the large...
alongside Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Humbaba and a number of other legendary kings (Alulim, Bazi and Zizi) in the Ballad of Early Rulers. It is possible that both...
needed] North Arabian (Chayne) Sumerian kings 1. Adam 1. Adam 1. Jerahmeel 1. Alulim of Eridu 2. Seth 8. [Seth] 2. Eshtaol 2. Alalgar of Eridu 3. Enosh 9. [Enoch]...
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