Back ሉጋልባንዳ Amharic لوغال باندا Arabic Лугальбанда Byelorussian Lugalbanda Catalan Lugalbanda Czech Lugalbanda German Λουγκαλμπάντα Greek Lugalbanda Spanish لوگالباندا Persian Lugalbanda Finnish
| Lugalbanda 𒈗𒌉𒁕 | |
|---|---|
 The story of Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave, Old-Babylonian period, from southern Iraq. Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan. | |
| King of the First dynasty of Uruk | |
| Reign | c. 3400-3100 BC (Late Uruk Period) |
| Predecessor | Enmerkar |
| Successor | Dumuzid, the Fisherman |
| Dynasty | Uruk I |
Lugalbanda[a] was a deified Sumerian king of Uruk who, according to various sources of Mesopotamian literature, was the father of Gilgamesh. Early sources mention his consort Ninsun and his heroic deeds in an expedition to Aratta by King Enmerkar.
Lugalbanda is listed in the Sumerian King List as the second king of Uruk, saying he ruled for 1,200 years, and providing him with the epithet of the Shepherd.[3] Lugalbanda's historicity is uncertain among scholars. Attempts to date him in the ED II period are based on an amalgamation of data from the epic traditions of the 2nd millennium with unclear archaeological observations.[4]
- ^ "Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project". Archived from the original on 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ Vanstiphout, H. (2002) “Sanctus Lugalbanda” in Riches Hidden in Secret Places, T. Abusch (ed.), Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, p. 260; The name has no such connotations of 'crown prince'.
- ^ English translation of Sumerian King List in The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lugalbanda, Reallexikon der Assyriologie 7, p. 117.
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