Mesopotamian · Sumerian · c. 2000 BCE
The Sumerian King List
Anonymous; many recensions, the fullest being the Weld-Blundell prism
Kingship descends from heaven, and the reigns before the flood run to tens of thousands of years apiece before collapsing to human lengths afterwards. The list is a political document rather than a chronicle, and it is the closest Mesopotamian parallel to the long-lived patriarchs of Genesis 5.
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| Name here | Rank given | # | Powers described |
|---|---|---|---|
Bilgames = Gilgamesh | King of Uruk | — | Listed among the kings of the first dynasty of Uruk with a reign given in the hundreds of years, his father recorded as a phantom or lillu-spirit. |