Meskalamdug

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Notable Sumerians
Pre-dynastic kings: Alulim • Dumuzid, the Shepherd • En-men-dur-ana
1st Dynasty of Kish: Etana • En-me-barage-si • Aga of Kish
1st Dynasty of Uruk: Enmerkar • Lugalbanda • Gilgamesh
1st Dynasty of Ur: Meskalamdug • Mesh-Ane-pada • Puabi • Mesilim of Kish
2nd Dynasty of Uruk: En-shag-kush-ana
1st Dynasty of Lagash: Ur-Nanshe • Eannatum • Entemena • Urukagina
Dynasty of Adab: Lugal-Ane-mundu
3rd Dynasty of Kish: Kug-Bau
3rd Dynasty of Uruk: Lugal-zage-si
Dynasty of Akkad: Sargon • En-hedu-ana • Man-ishtishu • Naram-Suen of Akkad • Shar-kali-sharri • Dudu of Akkad • Shu-Durul
2nd Dynasty of Lagash: Puzer-Mama • Gudea
5th Dynasty of Uruk: Utu-hengal
3rd dynasty of Ur: Ur-Namma • Shulgi • Amar-Suena • Shu-Suen • Ibbi-Suen

Meskalamdug ("hero of the good land") was an early ruler (ensicitation needed) of Ur who does not appear in the Sumerian king list.

His tomb, discovered by English archaeologist Sir Leonard Wooley in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in 1924, contained numerous gold artifacts, which were lost after the American invasion of Iraq, including a golden helmet with an inscription of the king's name. His wife's name was queen Ninbanda. Meskalamdug was also mentioned on a seal in another tomb with the title lugal (king), however because his own tomb lacked attendants, Woolley assumed that he was not royal. The controversy remains though, because he is named on a bead inscription discovered in Mari by French archaeologist André Parrot ten years later, as the father of king Mesannepada of Ur, who appears in the king list and in many other inscriptions.

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Preceded by
Akalamdug		 Ensi of Ur
ca. 26th century BC		 Succeeded by
Mesannepada
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