Sumerian Kings List - Kic (Kish)- Third Dynasty

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by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Sumerian Kings List - Kic (Kish)- Third Dynasty"

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Sumerian Kings List - Kic (Kish)- Third Dynasty

Kings after the Flood, the city of Kic (Kish) reigns.

City	King City No.	King Flood No.	Kings Name	Years ruled	Other Notes
Kic (Kish) - Third Dynasty	1	65	Kug-Bau	100 years	She is referred to as the woman tavern-keeper, who made firm the foundations of Kic.

One source calls this king Ku-Baba, a barmaid, the one who consolidated the foundation of Kiš, became King and reigned for 100 years around 2411-2381 B.C., which is only 30 years. As can be seen in the Fourth Dynasty of Kish, where 131 of her years belong to her descendants.

As to the references of Kug-Bau as a woman tavern-keeper or Ku-Baba as a barmaid.

woman tavern-keeper as in Ku/Kug and Bau.
- Sum. mí: n., woman; female (cf. also, munus); adj., feminine.
  - Sum. géme, géme(?): woman; workwoman; maid; slave-girl (giš, 'tool', + mí, 'woman').
- Sum. eš_2,3-dam: tavern; brothel ('shrine' + 'spouse').
- Sum. kù: (cf., kug).
  - Sum. kug, kù: n., noble metal; silver; money; v., to cleanse; adj., bright, pure; sacred, holy.
    - Sum. ga-kug: (cultically) pure milk ('milk' + 'pure').
    - Sum. ^lúub5-kug-ga: keeper of the sacred drum ('drum' + 'pure, holy' + nominative).
    - Sum. kišib-gál: seal-keeper ('seal' + 'to have').
    - Sum. ^lúníg-dab₅[-ba]-ke₄-ne: warehouse keepers ('thing' + 'to hold, receive').
barmaid as in Baba.
- Sum. ba₇: (cf., bar).
  - Sum. bar: n., (out)side; soul, innards; fleece; v., to open; to uncover, expose; to see; to remove; to release; to peel, pare, shell; to select; to divide; to split; to distribute; to keep away (with -ta-); adj., foreign; prep., because of.

City	Number of Kings	Total Years Ruled
Kic (Kish) - Third Dynasty	1	100 years.

The Third Dynasty of Kish had 1 king who was a woman who ruled for 100 years, dated around 2411-2381 B.C., which is only 30 years. The other 70 years extend to her descendants in the Fourth Dynasty of Kish.

This file was created on November 20, 2004.

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