Sarlagab

Sarlagab or Zarlagab
King of Sumer
Reign fl. Late 3rd millennium BCE
Predecessor Inkishush
Successor Shulme
House Gutian Dynasty of Sumer

Sarlagab or Zarlagab (fl. Late 3rd millennium BCE[1][2][3]) was the 2nd Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the "Sumerian King List" (SKL) as possibly reigning for 6 years. Sarlagab may have been a contemporary of the Akkadian king Shar-kali-sharri, if he is the same Gutian king Sharlag whom Shar-kali-sharri captured according to one of his year-names.[4] Also according to the SKL: he was the successor of Inkishush. Shulme then succeeded Inkishush.

Preceded by
Inkishush
King of Sumer
fl. Late 3rd millennium BC
Succeeded by
Shulme

See also

References

  1. The Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113), Douglas R. Frayne, University Of Toronto Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8020-0593-4
  2. Mesopotamian Chronicles by Jean-Jacques Glassner published 2004 ISBN 1-58983-090-3
  3. Reallexikon der Assyriologie by Erich Ebling, Bruno Meissner, 1993, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-003705-X
  4. Publications de l'Observatoire astronomique de l'Université de Belgrade, 1999, p. 157


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