Mesilim

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Notable Sumerians History of Sumer • Mythology • King list Pre-dynastic kings: Alulim • Dumuzid, the Shepherd • En-men-dur-ana 1st Dynasty of Kish: Etana • En-me-barage-si • Aga of Kish 1st Dynasty of Uruk: Enmerkar • Lugalbanda • Gilgamesh 1st Dynasty of Ur: Meskalamdug • Mesh-Ane-pada • Puabi • Mesilim of Kish 2nd Dynasty of Uruk: En-shag-kush-ana 1st Dynasty of Lagash: Ur-Nanshe • Eannatum • Entemena • Urukagina Dynasty of Adab: Lugal-Ane-mundu 3rd Dynasty of Kish: Kug-Bau 3rd Dynasty of Uruk: Lugal-zage-si Dynasty of Akkad: Sargon • En-hedu-ana • Man-ishtishu • Naram-Suen of Akkad • Shar-kali-sharri • Dudu of Akkad • Shu-Durul 2nd Dynasty of Lagash: Puzer-Mama • Gudea 5th Dynasty of Uruk: Utu-hengal 3rd dynasty of Ur: Ur-Namma • Shulgi • Amar-Suena • Shu-Suen • Ibbi-Suen

Mesilim (c. 2500 BC) was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state Kish.

He is one of the first persons in history whose name is recorded in archaeological documents. He was a monarch in the 3rd Dynasty of Kish, reigned in the "Early Dynastic III" period (ca. 2500-2330 BC). Mesilim acted as mediator in a conflict between Lagash and Umma regarding the rights to use a irrigation canal situated on the border between the two city states. After asking the opinion of the god Satarana, Mesilim established a new border between Lagash and Umma and erected a pillar to mark it, on which he wrote his final decision. The conflict was not solved, though, because the king of Umma, Ush, destroyed the pillar in an act of defiance.

[edit] References

• Vojtech Zamarovský, Na počiatku bol Sumer, Mladé letá, 1968 Bratislava
• Plamen Rusev, Mesalim, Lugal Na Kish: Politicheska Istoriia Na Ranen Shumer (XXVIII-XXVI V. Pr. N. E.), Faber, 2001 (LanguageBulgarian) [(Mesalim, Lugal of Kish. Political History of Early Sumer (ХХVIII–ХХVI century BC.)]

[edit] See also

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• History of Sumer
• Kish (Sumer)