Asia portal Melem-Kish of Kish was the sixteenth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the Sumerian King List (SKL). His father was...

source material, the SKL reflected a more linear transition of power from Kish, the first city to receive kingship, to Akkad. In later versions from the...

Kish (Sumerian: Kiš; Kiški; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Akkadian: Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq)...

Ninlil, wife of Enlil) Marad, E-igikalamma, Lugal-Marada (variant of Ninurta) Kish, ?, Ninhursag Sippar, E-babbar, Utu (sun) Kutha, E-meslam, Nergal Before...

Gilgamesh and Aga describes Gilgamesh's revolt against his overlord Aga of Kish. Other Sumerian poems relate Gilgamesh's defeat of the giant Huwawa and the...

of Kish Jushur Kullassina-bel Nangishlishma En-tarah-ana Babum Puannum Kalibum Kalumum Zuqaqip Atab Mashda Arwium Etana Balih En-me-nuna Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna...

and the kingship had descended from heaven, the kingship was in Kish. The city of Kish flourished in the Early Dynastic period soon after a river flood...

eš18-pum / ARAD2-su / a-na / {d}na-ru-ti / a mu-na-ru For Manishtushu king of Kish, Eshpum his servant, dedicated this statue to Narundi" In c. 2255 BC Manishtushu...

of Kish Jushur Kullassina-bel Nangishlishma En-tarah-ana Babum Puannum Kalibum Kalumum Zuqaqip Atab Mashda Arwium Etana Balih En-me-nuna Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna...

Kalibum 2800 BCE Kalumum Zuqaqip Atab Mashda Arwium Etana Balih En-me-nuna Melem-Kish Barsal-nuna Uruk I dynasty Mesh-ki-ang-gasher Enmerkar ("conqueror of...