Zuqaqip
ZuqaqipofKishwas the ninthSumerianking of the semi-legendary First Dynasty of Kish, according to theSumerian King List,where his length of reign is given as 900 years.[1]His name means "Scorpion".[2]Zuqaqip is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived (Early Dynastic period).[3]
Sources
[edit]- ^Thorkild Jacobsen,The Sumerian King List(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 78f
- ^William W. HalloandWilliam Kelly Simpson,The Ancient Near East: A History,Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 41
- ^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.
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