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Enmerkar was an
ancient Sumerian ruler to whom the
construction of the city of Uruk and a 420-year
reign was attributed.
According to
literary sources...
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Enmerkar and the Lord of
Aratta is a
legendary Sumerian account,
preserved in
early post-Sumerian copies,
composed in the Neo-Sumerian
period (ca. 21st...
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consort Ninsun and his
heroic deeds in an
expedition to
Aratta by King
Enmerkar.
Lugalbanda is
listed in the
Sumerian King List as the
second king of Uruk...
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Aratta is a land that
appears in
Sumerian myths surrounding Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, two
early and
possibly mythical kings of Uruk also
mentioned on the...
- They are part of a four-story
cycle that
describes the
conflicts between Enmerkar, king of Unug (Uruk), and the king of Aratta. The
texts are
believed to...
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Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana (also
known as
Enmerkar and Ensuhkešdanna) is a text in
Sumerian literature appearing as a
sequel to
Enmerkar and the Lord of...
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David Rohl's theory,
Enmerkar, the
Sumerian founder of Uruk, was the
original inspiration for Nimrod,
because the
story of
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta...
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separate the god Utu from
being the
biological father of
Enmerkar, as
mentioned in
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, and
giving him a
royal descendant...
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called Babel. A
similar story is also
found in the
ancient Sumerian legend,
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta,
which describes events and
locations in southern...
- Gilgamesh.
Enmerkar and Lugalbanda:
Enmerkar and the Lord of
Aratta and
Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana as well as two
tales of
Lugalbanda during Enmerkar's campaign...
