Sumerian King List

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:category Sumerian literature
ancient Near Eastern texts
king lists
gptkbp:contains lengths of reigns
locations of kingship
reigns of kings
gptkbp:date early 2nd millennium BCE
gptkbp:describes kings of Sumer
gptkbp:discusses transfer of kingship between cities
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Stephen_Langdon
1923
gptkbp:genre gptkb:list
history
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:Ashmolean_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sumerian King List
gptkbp:includes historical kings
mythological kings
gptkbp:influenced later king lists
gptkbp:language Sumerian
gptkbp:listedOn dynasties of Sumer
gptkbp:mentions gptkb:Gilgamesh
gptkb:Ur
gptkb:Uruk
gptkb:Adab
gptkb:Akkad
gptkb:Alulim
gptkb:Bad-tibira
gptkb:Dumuzid_the_Shepherd
gptkb:Enmebaragesi
gptkb:Eridu
gptkb:Etana
gptkb:Kish
gptkb:Lagash
gptkb:Larsa
gptkb:Shuruppak
Isin
flood event
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Weld-Blundell_Prism
gptkbp:oldestKnownCopy Uruk copy
gptkbp:oldestKnownCopyDate c. 1800 BCE
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:preservedIn prisms
clay tablets
gptkbp:purpose legitimize dynastic succession
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Akkadian_King_List
gptkb:Babylonian_King_List
gptkbp:significance insight into Sumerian political ideology
source for Sumerian chronology
gptkbp:structure chronological list
gptkbp:studiedBy historians
archaeologists
Assyriologists
gptkbp:writtenBy cuneiform script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ancient_Near_East
gptkb:Ancient_Near_Eastern_religions
gptkb:Uruk
gptkb:Enlil
gptkb:Nippur
gptkb:Sargon_of_Akkad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5