Uhub (Sumerian: 𒌑𒄸, u2-hub2),[5] (c. 2600 BCE), was Ensi (Governor) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish before Mesilim[6][7]

Uhub
Governor of Kish
Vase fragments of Uhub. The top one has the fragmentary inscription Zababa Uhub Ensi Kish-ki ("God Zababa, Uhub Governor of Kish", in the British Museum (BM 129401). The second fragment, from a different vase, mentions "Pussusu conqueror of Hamazi ( 𒄩𒈠𒍣𒆠, ha-ma-zi{ki})".[1][2][3][4]
Reignc. 2600  BCE
SuccessorMesilim
Uhub was king of Kish, circa 2500 BCE.

His name is missing from the Sumerian king list, just as the name of Mesilim, who ruled about fifty years later.[8][9] Uhub is mentioned onn a vase dedicated to god Zababa.[10][9] The first inscription has been reconstructed as 𒀭𒍝𒈠𒈠 / 𒌑𒄸 / 𒑐𒋼𒋛 / 𒆧𒆠, Zamama, Uhub ensi kish-ki "Zababa, Uhub, Governor of Kish".[11]

Uhub is otherwise known from a few more inscriptions.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ First fragment: "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  2. ^ Second fragment: "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  3. ^ "Collections Online British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
  4. ^ Thureau-Dangin, F. (François) (1905). Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction. Paris, Leroux. p. 229.
  5. ^ "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
  6. ^ Liverani, Mario (2013). The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Routledge. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-134-75084-9.
  7. ^ Orientalia: Vol.48. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 15.
  8. ^ Panitschek, Peter (2008). LUGAL, šarru, basileús: Von der Uruk-Zeit bis Ur III (in German). Peter Lang. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-631-56194-2.
  9. ^ a b Roux, Georges (2015). La Mésopotamie. Essai d'histoire politique, économique et culturelle (in French). Le Seuil. p. 128. ISBN 978-2-02-129163-6.
  10. ^ Roux, Georges (1990). Mesopotamia: historia política, económica y cultural (in Spanish). Ediciones AKAL. p. 155. ISBN 978-84-7600-174-5.
  11. ^ a b Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat) (1892). The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform texts. Philadelphia : Dept. of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. p. 49 Note 2.
  12. ^ "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
  13. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  14. ^ "Collections Online British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
  15. ^ Thureau-Dangin, F. (François) (1905). Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction. Paris, Leroux. p. 229.

Bibliography edit

  • Vojtech Zamarovský, Na počiatku bol Sumer, Mladé letá, 1968 Bratislava
  • Plamen Rusev, Mesalim, Lugal Na Kish: Politicheska Istoriia Na Ranen Shumer (XXVIII-XXVI V. Pr. N. E.), Faber, 2001 (LanguageBulgarian) [(Mesalim, Lugal of Kish. Political History of Early Sumer (XXVIII–XXVI century BC.)]