Tizqar

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Tizqar
First appearance Sumerian King List
c. 2000 BC
In-universe information
Occupation King of Kish (reigned c. 305 years)

Tizqar of Kish was the nineteenth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish and succeeded his father Zamuq as ruler, according to some versions of 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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