Antediluvian rulers

“After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug.”

Ruler	Years Reigned	Additional Information
Alulim	28,800 years	First king of Eridu; established kingship.
Alalngar	36,000 years	Second king of Eridu.
		“Then Eridug fell and the kingship was taken to Bad-tibira.”
En-men-lu-ana	43,200 years	First king of Bad-tibira.
En-men-gal-ana	28,800 years	Second king of Bad-tibira.
Dumuzid (the Shepherd)	36,000 years	Third king of Bad-tibira; associated with the god Dumuzi. Dumuzid was deified and was the object of later devotional depictions, as the husband of goddess Inanna
		“Then Bad-tibira fell and the kingship was taken to Larag.”
Ensipadzidana	28,800 years	King of Larak.
		“Then Larag fell and the kingship was taken to Zimbir.”
Enmenduranna	21,000 years	King of Sippar; associated with the myth of Enoch.
		“Then Zimbir fell and the kingship was taken to Shuruppag.”
Ubara-Tutu	18,600 years	King of Shuruppak; father of Ziusudra (the Sumerian Noah). father of Utnapishtim in Epic of Gilgamesh
Total	249,200 years

“Then the flood swept over.”

Eridug

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Alulim

Alulim’s name was written in cuneiform as A₂-lu-lim or A-lu-lim and can be translated from Sumerian as either “horn of the red deer” or “seed of the red deer” depending on the variable first sign.

People in ancient India looked at the group of stars we call Orion and called it “Mriga,” the deer.

Rangifer was a small constellation between the constellations of Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis. It was also known as Tarandus. Both words mean “reindeer” in Latin.