Historia
Alulim
The first king in the Sumerian King List, placed at Eridug before the flood, with a reign of 28,800 years. Tradition, not history.
- Condición:
- Nombrada por la tradición, sin atestiguación contemporánea de la persona. Los textos son reales; que el individuo lo fuera no está establecido.
- Reinado:
- no historical reign; the King List gives 28,800 years, before the flood
- Ciudad:
- Eridug
Lo que hicieron
none recorded outside the list. He is where the tradition says kingship first came down from heaven, which is a claim about how the Sumerians understood authority rather than a claim about a man.
Donde se acaban las pruebas
an index of leaders that quietly began with Sargon would hide the fact that Sumerian kingship starts, in Sumer's own telling, with a number nobody believes. He carries no period on purpose: the reigns before the flood sit outside the archaeological scheme, and assigning him one would smuggle in the very claim this row refuses.
Fuentes
Las referencias de las que procede esta entrada. ETCSL es la edición académica de los textos sumerios; el resto son referencias generales para la arqueología y las fechas.