Head of a votive mace with a lion-headed eagle (emblem of god Ningirsu) and six lions, dedicated at a shrine in Girsu by King Mesilim of Kish. Inscription in archaic script: βMesilim, king of Kish, builder of the temple of Ningirsu, brought [this mace head] for Ningirsu, Lugalshaengur [being] prince of Lagashβ.[1] Louvre Museum.[2]
Reign
c. 2600 BC
Predecessor
Uhub
Successor
Mesannepada
Mesilim (Sumerian: π¨π²),[3] also spelled Mesalim (c. 2600 BC), was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish.
Though his name is missing from the Sumerian king list, Mesilim is among the earliest historical figures recorded in archaeological documents. He reigned some time in the "Early Dynastic III" period (c. 2600β2350 BC). Inscriptions from his reign state that he sponsored temple constructions in both Adab and Lagash, where he apparently enjoyed some suzerainty.[4] He is also known from a number of fragments.[5]
^"CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
^"Masse d'armes du roi Mesilim". Louvre Museum. 2020.
^"CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
^Visicato, Giuseppe; Alberti, Amedeo; asiatici, Amedeo (1994). Early dynastic administrative tablets of Ε uruppak. Istituto universitario orientale. pp. 15β19.
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