Ilku

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Ilku
First appearance Sumerian King List
c. 2000 BC
In-universe information
Occupation King of Kish (reigned c. 900 years)

Ilku of Kish was the twentieth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the Sumerian King List . [1] His name does not appear in Early Dynastic inscriptions, meaning that he is unlikely to have been a real historical person. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 82f
  2. ↑ Marchesi, Gianni (2010). "The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia". M. G. Biga - M. Liverani (eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente - Quaderno 5; Roma): 231–248.
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Sumer Succeeded by
Ensi of Kish


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