Pabilgagaltuku
| Pabilgagaltuku πΊππ π²π | |
|---|---|
| King of Umma | |
| Reign | c. 2450 BC |
| Successor | Possibly Ush |
| Dynasty | 1st Dynasty of Umma |
Location of Umma
Pabilgagaltuku, also Pabilgeshgaltuku (πΊππ π²π, pa.bil2.ΔeΕ‘-gal-tuku; fl.βc. 2450 BC)[1] was Governor (ensi) of Umma, a city-state in Sumer. He was captured by Ur-Nanshe of Lagash.[2] His successor may have been Ush.[3]
Pabilgagaltuku is known from an inscription of Ur-Nanshe, in which Ur-Nanshe claims that he defeated Umma and captured Pabilgagaltuku:
pabilgax (pa.bil2.ΔeΕ‘)-gal-tuku ensi2 umma(geΕ‘.kuΕ‘u2)ki mu-dab5
βHe seized Pabilgagaltuku, the governor of Umma.β
ββInscription of Ur-Nanshe.[1]
Pabilgagaltuku may also be mentioned in the Stele of the Vultures, as having been vanquished in the past by Ur-Nanshe.[1]
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References
- 1 2 3 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. 74β75.
- β Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (2015). History & Philology (PDF). Walther Sallaberger & Ingo Schrakamp (eds), Brepols. pp. 74β80. ISBN 978-2-503-53494-7.
- β "Since Ninta (βUΕ‘β) 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. 74β75.