From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - Sumerian Kings List - Unug (Uruk/Erech)- Third Dynasty"

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Sumerian Kings List - Unug (Uruk/Erech)- Third Dynasty


    Kings after the Flood, the city of Unug (Uruk/Erech) reigns.

    One manuscript omits the Third dynasty of Unug.

City King City No. King Flood No. Kings Name Years ruled Other Notes
Unug (Uruk/Erech)
- Third Dynasty
1
80
 Lugal-zage-si 25 years
 Other manuscripts have 34 years.
    One source calls this king Lugal-za-gesi or Lugalzaggesi who became King and reigned for 25 years around 2346-2321 B.C.    Lugalzagesi defeated Urukagina of Lagaš and became ruler of all Sumer.

    The patron deity of Lagash is Ningursu, later associated with Ninurta, a warrior god and central in the elimination of demons.

    Urukagina is the last and pious king of the first dynasty in Lagash, also called uru-inimgina.    The name is written with the sign ka 'mouth', which also stands for inim 'word'.    He introduced many reforms ('social reforms of Uru-inimgina') and enacted edicts related to the problem of enslavement's, which were caused by running up debts.    High extortionate rates of the interest on capital (often 33.3 percent) had to be paid by enslaving one's children until the debts were paid off.    Uru-inimgina remits the debts by decree.

City Number of Kings Total Years Ruled
Unug (Uruk/ Erech)
- Third Dynasty
1
25 years.
Other manuscripts have 34 years

    Unug's Third Dynasty, which has 1 king Lugalzagesi, who defeated Urukagina of Lagaš and became ruler of all Sumer for 25 years, dating between 2346-2321 B.C.    This Dynasty overlaps into the Fourth Dynasty of Kish, which started 2381 B.C., and ends on 2268 B.C., which is only 113 years.


    This file was created on November 20, 2004.

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