List of the kings of Uruk

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The kings of Uruk (around 2770–1802 BC) are u. a. recorded in the following list / publications: Schmökel, Hartmut, Handbuch der Orientalistik (Ed. Spuler, Berthold), second volume: Cuneiform script research and ancient history of the Near East, third section: History of the ancient Near East. With EJ Brill, Leiden, 1957

First dynasty (around 2770– around 2520 BC)

  • Meskiag-gascher (around 2770?)
  • En-mer-kar (around 2750?)
  • Lugalbanda (around 2740?)
  • Dumuzi the fisherman (around 2720?)
  • Gilgamesh (around 2700?, ​​Possibly 2652 BC to 2602 BC)
  • Ur-Nungal / Ur-Lugal
  • Utul-kalama
  • Labascher
  • En-nunad-anna
  • Mesche? (around 2600 BC) (probably Mesh-he, Melem-ana)
  • Mela-manna

Second dynasty (around 2510–2371 BC)

Third Dynasty (2371-2347 BC)

Fourth Dynasty (around 2200 BC)

under the rule of the kings of Akkad

  • Ur-nigin
  • Ur-gigir
  • Lugal-melam
  • Kudda
  • Pulur-ili
  • Ur-utu

Fifth Dynasty (2119-2112 BC)

  • Utuḫengal by Uruk (2119–2112) (also written Utu-hengal)

Sixth Dynasty (1885–1802 BC)

  • Sin-Kashid (1885-1852)
  • Sin-Eribam (1852–?)
  • Sin-Gamil (? -1823)
  • Anam (1823-1818)
  • Irdanene (1818–?)
  • Rim-Anum (around 1810)
  • Nabi-Ilishu (? -1802)

1802 BC Uruk falls under the rule of the kings of Larsa and then to the Old Babylonian Empire