Alalgar

Alalgar ( Greek Alaparos ) was in the Sumerian king list the name of the second antediluvian- divine king of Eridu (today Abu Shahrain in Iraq ). His reign was 20 SAR (72,000 divine years ) according to WB 62 . In other listings, other government lengths are sometimes given. For Alalgar, Berossos calls "Alaparos" a reign of 10,800 divine years.

Whether it is a historical or legendary figure is disputed. In Sumerian myths, he is the second king of Sumer . If he is a historical figure, then his reign is certain to be before 2900 BC. To apply.

literature

Helmut Uhlig: The Sumerians . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-404-64117-5 .
Jean-Jacques Glassner, Benjamin Read Foster: Mesopotamian chronicles . Brill, Boston 2004, ISBN 1-589-83090-3

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b WB 62 and Berossos, p. 366 (PDF file; 90 kB).
↑ The mythological numbers refer to cosmic years that were subject to a special conversion. The conversion system has not yet been deciphered, but it shows great similarity to the “Platonic number”, which refers to the Babylonian-cosmic sexagesimal system. According to the Platonic system, an earthly day corresponds to a “cosmic world year”; the duration of two human lives of 200 years is equated with “72,000 cosmic days” (72,000 “cosmic world years”); see: Rudolf Rufener: Plato: Der Staat . Artemis, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-423-30136-8 , pp. 502–503, note 346.

predecessor	Office	successor
Alulim	King of Eridu before 2900 BC Chr.	Enmenluana

personal data
SURNAME	Alalgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alaparos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Eridu
DATE OF BIRTH	before 2900 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	before 2900 BC Chr.

[WB-1] WB 62 and Berossos, p. 366 (PDF file; 90 kB).

[2] The mythological numbers refer to cosmic years that were subject to a special conversion. The conversion system has not yet been deciphered, but it shows great similarity to the “Platonic number”, which refers to the Babylonian-cosmic sexagesimal system. According to the Platonic system, an earthly day corresponds to a “cosmic world year”; the duration of two human lives of 200 years is equated with “72,000 cosmic days” (72,000 “cosmic world years”); see: Rudolf Rufener: Plato: Der Staat . Artemis, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-423-30136-8 , pp. 502–503, note 346.