Enmengalanna

Enmengalanna ( En-Mengalanna or En- en-gal -anna ; noise. En-me-en-gal-an-na ) - the fourth semi - mythical pre - dynastic king of the Sumerians who ruled Bad Tiber in the second antediluvian city ​​of Ancient Sumer , located in the south of Mesopotamia . Probably attributed to him a divine origin.

The reign may relate to the period of Dzhemdet-Nasr (XXX century. BC. E.), Which ended in a flood. Excavations in Iraq have revealed evidence of local flooding in the Shuruppak region and other Sumerian cities. Layers of river sediments, radiocarbon dating from about 2900 BC. e. , interrupt the continuity of settlements, expanding far north to the city of Kish . Polychromic ceramics of the Dzhemdet-Nasr period were discovered immediately below the flood layers. ^[1] Enmengalanna is considered the legendary ruler of the Sumerians, since its existence is not confirmed by sources other than the Nippurian royal list:

Ancient Mesopotamia

In different versions of the Royal List, the duration of the reign of Enmengalanna is markedly different ^{[4] [5]} :

• WB 444 : 8 sars, which equals 28800 years.
• The Babylonian story of Beros (king Amegalar ): 18 sars, which equals 64800 years.

In any case, it is generally accepted that the antiquity and duration of the reign of the antediluvian kings are significantly overstated. There is an assumption that sars and neras should be perceived as years and months, respectively. ^[6] In this case, Enmengalanna reigned for only 8 or 18 years.