Pabilgagaltuku

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Pabilgagaltuku
𒉺𒉈𒅍𒃲𒌇
King of Umma
Reignc. 2500  BCE – 2400  BCE
SuccessorUsh, king of Umma
Dynasty1st Dynasty of Umma
Ush was king of Umma, circa 2400 BCE.

Pabilgagaltuku, also Pabilgeshgaltuku (𒉺𒉈𒅍𒃲𒌇, pa.bil2.ĝeš-gal-tuku) was Governor (ensi) of Umma, a city-state in Sumer, circa 2450 BCE. He was captured by Ur-Nanshe of Lagash. His successor was Ush, king of Umma.

Pabilgagaltuku is known from an inscription of Ur-Nanshe, in which Ur-Nanshe claims that he defeated Umma and captured Pabilgagaltuku:

pabilgax (pa.bil2.ĝeš)-gal-tuku ensi2 umma(geš.kušu2)ki mu-dab5
“He seized Pabilgagaltuku, the governor of Umma.”

— Inscription of Ur-Nanshe.

Pabilgagaltuku may also be mentioned in the Stele of Vultures, as having been vanquished in the past by Ur-Nanshe.

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References

  1. ^ a b c FAOS 5/1 Urn. 51 = RIME 1.9.1.6.b rev. iv 5-8: in Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo. Philological Data for a Historical Chronology of Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium. pp. 74–75.
  2. ^ Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (2015). History & Philology (PDF). Walther Sallaberger & Ingo Schrakamp (eds), Brepols. pp. 74–80. ISBN 978-2-503-53494-7.
  3. ^ "Since Ninta (“Uš”) was a contemporary of Eanatum, he is assigned to a generation subsequent to Pabilgaltuku." in Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo. Philological Data for a Historical Chronology of Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium. pp. 74–75.