From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - Sumerian Kings List - The Flood Story and Kic (Kish)- First Dynasty"

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Sumerian Kings List - The Flood Story and Kic (Kish)- First Dynasty


    After flood swept over the Kingship descended from heaven.
    View this first to read about the Sumerian Flood Story.

    So here begins the Kings after the Flood, city of Kic (Kish) the First Dynasty reigns.

City King City No. King Flood No. Kings Name Years ruled Other Notes
Kic (Kish)
1
1
 Jucur 1,200 years
 Also called GA.UR, which is similar to GÁN.ÙR(.RA) below
    One source calls this king MaŠkakatu (MaShkakatu), which may be in reality the Akkadian Mashkakatu, "The Harrow" as seen in Ursa Major Continued Constellation Names under the section regarding the Sumerian GÁN.ÙR(.RA) (GISH.GÁN.ÙR), "The Harrow."    The Ploughing of Ursa Major, (gán, field + ùr, to drag over the ground + ra, + nominative).     Of note is Nimrod as seen in Genesis 10:8-10 "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one (first king) in the earth."    The name Nimrod (Heb. nimrodh, assumed "rebel"), a descendent of Ham, was responsible for building the city of Babel (Babylon) and the name Nimrod has been plausibly explained as Sumerian (early non-Semitic Babylonian) Nin-Maradda, "Lord of Marad," a town southwest of Kish.

    In The Alpha and the Omega, Volume I -- by Jim A. Cornwell -- Chapter Four page 350, regarding Louis Waddell's chart of Kings No. 2 (3348 B.C.) through No. 34 (2751 B.C), in the column of Sumerian Names in King Lists and Monuments, also the Babylonian List (Kish and Isin Chronicles), he shows king number 9, as Naili (or Nandu) Iaxa Sumaddi or Duag, which corresponds with the above King number 1, Jucur, and dates between 3183-3181 B.C., which is only a 2 year reign.
    Of note is that Waddell mentions the name Nimmirud, as a name for King number 2, Alaljar, in the list before the Flood, which he dates between 3336-3273 B.C.
    From this point on Waddell's chart shows a Great Gap of 430 years with 26 (or 27) kings dating from 3180-2751 B.C.
    One source I found for the kings if Kish mentions a reign of 960 years for a Nephilim queen whose name was NIDABA (GULLA.NIDABA.ANNAPAD), which is not found in the standard list of kings.

Kic (Kish)
2
2
 Kullassina-bel 960 years
 Other manuscripts have 900 years.
    One source calls this king Kullassina-ib'el and another KULLASSINA-BEL (PALAKINATIM) 900 years.

Kic (Kish)
3
3
 Nanjiclicma 670 years
 .
    One source calls this king Nangis-lišma and another NANGISH.LISHMA (NANJICLICMA, NANGISHKUSHMA) 670 years, 3 mo., 3 1/2 days.

Kic (Kish)
4
4
 En-tarah-ana 420 years, 3 months, and 3 ½ days
 .
    One source calls this king En-dara-Anna and another EN.TARAH.ANA 420 years.

Kic (Kish)
5
5
 Babum 300 years
 .
    One source calls this king BAHINA (BABUM) 300 years.

Kic (Kish)
6
6
 Puannum 840 years
 Other manuscripts have 240 years.
    One source calls this king Pu-Annumand another BU.AN.UM (PUANNUM) 840 years.

Kic (Kish)
7
7
 Kalibum 960 years
 Other manuscripts have 900 years.
    One source calls this king KALIBUM 960 years.

Kic (Kish)
8
8
 Kalumum 840 years
 Other manuscripts have 900 years.
    One source calls this king Qalumum and another QALUMU (KALUMUM, GALUMUM) 840 years.

Kic (Kish)
9
9
 Zuqaqip 900 years
 Other manuscripts have 600 years.
This king may precede king 8 and 9.
    One source calls this king ZUQAQIP (ZUKAPIP) 900 years.

Kic (Kish)
10
10
 Atab 600 years
 Other manuscripts have Aba.
This king may precede king 8 and 9.
    One source calls this king ATABBA (ATAB, ABA) 600 years and many more.

Kic (Kish)
11
11
 Macda 840 years
 Other manuscripts have 720 years.    Son of Atab.
    One source calls this king Mašda.

Kic (Kish)
12
12
 Arwium 720 years
 Son of Macda.
    One source calls this king Arwi'um.

Kic (Kish)
13
13
 Etana 1,500 years
 Other manuscripts have 635 years.    This king is referred to as the shepherd, who ascended to heaven and consolidated all the foreign countries.
    One source dates this king around 2861-2831 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
14
14
 Balih 400 years
 Other manuscripts have 410 years.    Son of Etana.
    One source dates this king around 2831-2791 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
15
15
 En-me-nuna 660 years
 Other manuscripts have 621 or 1,560 years.
    One source calls this king En-me-nunna and dates him around 2791-2771 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
16
16
 Melem-Kic 900 years
 Son of En-me-nuna.
    One source calls this king Melam-Kiši and dates him around 2771-2751 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
17
17
 Barsal-nuna 1,200 years
 Son of En-me-nuna.    End of the dynasty of En-me-nuna.
    One source calls this king Bar-šal-nunna and dates him around 2751-2731 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
18
18
 Zamug 140 years
 Son of Barsal-nuna.
    One source dates this king around 2731-2701 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
19
19
 Tizqar 305 years
 Other manuscripts have 1,620 + X.......    Son of Zamug.
    One source calls this king Tizkar and dates him around 2701-2671 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
20
20
 Ilku 900 years
 .
    One source calls this king Ilku' and dates him around 2671-2651 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
21
21
 Iltasadum 1,200 years
 .
    One source calls this king Ilta-šadum and dates him around 2651-2631 B.C.

Kic (Kish)
22
22
 En-men-barage-si 900 years
 There is 1,525 years in the dynasty of En-men-barage-si.
He made Elam submit.
    One source calls this king En-me-barage-ši, as the one who carried away as spoil the weapons of the land of Elam, became King and dates him around 2631-2601B.C.

Kic (Kish)
23
23
 Aga 625 years
 Son of En-men-barage-si.
    One source calls this king Aka, and dates him around 2601-2581 B.C.

    As can be seen at Sumerian Aga dANim, regarding the name Aga, which is connected with the Corona Australis/Borealis constellation section and the Libra Introduction section as mentioned in the following.
    Also as seen at www.lexiline.com, "The heavenly steer (GU4.AN.NA), the god of the (wooden)-tablet (GISH)Le, the Crown of Anu."
    Sumerian AGA dA-nim, (aga(3), crown + dA-nim, divine father + high, above), thus "The Crown of Anu," or "The Crown of the Divine Father From Above."

City Number of Kings Total Years Ruled
Kic (Kish) First Dynasty
23
24,510 years, 3 months, and 3 1/2 days

    As you can see above these kings were reported to live at least 500 up to 1,500 years of age, based on their long reigns.

    When I totaled the years ruled I only get 12,930 years for the 23 kings.     From King 1 of Kish to King 12 it totals 9,250 years.    At King 13, Etana, some scholars' start dating this as beginning at 2861 B.C. and end at king 23 as dated at 2581 B.C., this is only 230 years.    But the Sumerian King List shows kings 13 through 23 ruling for 3,730 years.    There is an obvious error in one of the sources.    Remember Waddell proposed 26 kings for 430 years.    The 24,510 years value is definitely wrong.    If the 230 years is correct, then the kings could only have ruled for an average of 21 years each, and as Waddell proposed the 26 kings could only have ruled for an average of 17 years each.

    So this implies that the 23 Sumerian Kings of Kish were of another race or tribe developing along side of the Biblical patriarchs.    Also in my work is the proposal that Abram was a tribe of people who endured from 5,000 B.C. to 2,000 B.C., where Abraham (the last of the tribe) came into the picture.
    Other sources such as the Septuagint, equate to 1,093 years from the Flood till Terah begat Abram.    I promote that the Flood occurred in 6,000 B.C. and if deducting 1,093 years this would set Abram's birth at the end of the Age of Gemini around 4,907 B.C.
    I am projecting these 23 kings to have started around 6000 B.C., and closed around 4000 B.C.

    From the book, EGYPT'S MAKING The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 B.C. by Michael Rice - copyright 1990.
    Rice continues on pg. 98-100 "The Sumerians were earnest in the recording of long lists of their Kings, organized into city dynasties.    They did not set them in a strict chronological sequence, or rather the sequence which they employed is misleading since many of the reigns they record as following one upon the other were in fact overlapping and coterminous."

    As I have proposed if the Flood occurred at 6,000 B.C., Noah's descendants slowly were reported as ages decreasing after the Flood all the way to Abram.

    See the following link for Ages After the Flood as seen in the following information from my online publishing 1998 - original copyright 1995 - The Alpha and the Omega, Volume I -- by Jim A. Cornwell - Chapter Three page 165, regarding Noah and the Giants (Anakim or Anunnaki) after the Flood and also from my Chapter Three page 194, concerning the ages of the Biblical Patriarchs.


    This file was created on November 20, 2004, and updated om March 15, 2007.

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