Alalngar
Sign in to saveAlalngar was the second king to exercise the kingship of Eridu over all of Sumer—according to the Sumerian King List (SKL). He may have ruled 2866 – c. 2856 BC; however, the Weld-Blundell Prism (W-B 444) copy of the SKL states that he reigned for 10 sars (or 36,000 years) while the W-B 62 copy states that he reigned for 20 sars (or 72,000 years). According to the Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), W-B 444, W-B 62 copies of the SKL: he was preceded by Alulim and succeeded by En-men-lu-ana of Bad-tibira. The Uruk List of Kings and Sages (ULKS) copy of the SKL pairs seven antediluvian kings each with h
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- Royalty.name
- Alalngar
- Royalty.image
- Initial paragraph about rule of Alulim in Eridu for 28800 years (photograph, transcription and translation).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- From the Weld-Blundell Prism (W-B 444) copy of the Sumerian King List (SKL): the initial paragraph about the kingship of Alulim and Alalngar in Eridu over Sumer for a total of 64,800 years
- Royalty.succession1
- High King of Sumer
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- Royalty.successor1
- Possibly En-men-lu-ana
- Royalty.succession2
- King of Eridu
- Royalty.successor2
- Possibly Amelon (According to Babyloniaca by Berossus)
- Royalty.birth_place
- Eridu
- Royalty.era name
- Early Dynastic (ED) I period
- Royalty.era dates
- (Middle Chronology)
- Royalty.dynasty
- Dynasty of Eridu
- Royalty.religion
- Sumerian religion
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Alalngar was the second king to exercise the kingship of Eridu over all of Sumer—according to the Sumerian King List (SKL). He may have ruled 2866 – c. 2856 BC; however, the Weld-Blundell Prism (W-B 444) copy of the SKL states that he reigned for 10 sars (or 36,000 years) while the W-B 62 copy states that he reigned for 20 sars (or 72,000 years). According to the Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), W-B 444, W-B 62 copies of the SKL: he was preceded by Alulim and succeeded by En-men-lu-ana of Bad-tibira. The Uruk List of Kings and Sages (ULKS) copy of the SKL pairs seven antediluvian kings each with his own apkallu; and, the second apkallu (Uanduga) was paired up with Alalngar.
==See also== Mesopotamia Ancient Near East
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