Alulim was said to have had an advisor named Adapa, whose name, like Adam, means “man

KINGS AND CITIES FROM BEFORE THE FLOOD



IN ERIDU: ALULIM RULED AS KING 28,800 YEARS. ELALGAR RULED 43,200 YEARS. ERIDU WAS ABANDONED. KINGSHIP WAS TAKEN TO BAD-TIBIRA. AMMILU'ANNA THE KING RULED 36,000 YEARS. ENMEGALANNA RULED 28,800 YEARS. DUMUZI RULED 28,800 YEARS. BAD-TIBIRA WAS ABANDONED. KINGSHIP WAS TAKEN TO LARAK. EN-SIPA-ZI-ANNA RULED 13,800 YEARS. LARAK WAS ABANDONED. KINGSHIP WAS TAKEN TO SIPPAR. MEDURANKI RULED 7,200 YEARS. SIPPAR WAS ABANDONED. KINGSHIP WAS TAKEN TO SHURUPPAK. UBUR-TUTU RULED 36,000 YEARS. TOTAL: 8 KINGS, THEIR YEARS: 222,600


“Lugar” or “Big Man”

Alulim of Eridu, Alalgar of Eridu, 
Enmenluanna of Badtibiria, 
Enmengalanna of Badtibira, 
Dumanzi of Badtibira, 
Ensipazianna of Larak, 
Enmeduranki of Sippar, 
Ubar-Tutu of Shuruppak, 
and the Sumerian flood-hero Ziusudra (Xisuthros) of Shurappak

barbaric peoples from the east and west of Sumer increased), therefore military leadership became a pressing need. The “Big Man” took his rightful superior place