To return to the Sumerian City of E-ana/Unug (Uruk/Erech/Warka) - First Dynasty.

    To return to the Decan of Jupiter or to see the Ursa Major Continued Constellation Names in regard to Enmerkar.

    Sumerian EN.MER.KAR, Enmerkar (Emmerkar??) or SAG.ME.GAR, was king of Uruk, called en 'lord,' was the first to write on clay tablets and Kullub (Caleb?) has as epithet 'he who build Uruk' known from two epics, with no known inscription or archeological proof of his existence.    The texts refer to commercial and military contacts with a city called Aratta (not yet localized, probably in Iran), where the Sumerian goddess Inanna (later Akkadian Ištar, Ishtar) and (supreme god An) Dumuzi were also worshipped.    Gilgameš (Gilgamesh) is grandson of Enmerkar.    The Assyrian version is in the library of Aššurbanipal (around 650 B.C.) dating to 1700 B.C., and Sumerian fragments dated around 2000 B.C.    The royal dynasty name, Mesannepada, does date to 2600 B.C.

    This file was created on November 20, 2004.