Meskiagnun

Meskiagnun, also Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna (Sumerian: 𒈩𒆠𒉘𒉣, Meskiag̃nun [mes-ki-aŋ₂-nun], also 𒀭𒈩𒆠𒉘𒉣𒈾, Meskiag̃nunna [Dmes-ki-aŋ₂-nun-na]; fl. c.

"For (the life of) Meski’agnun, king of Ur, Gan-Saman, his wife, dedicated this"He is also mentioned in the Tummal Inscription with his father Mesannepada, as restoring the Tummal shrine to Enlil and Ninlil in Nippur after it had "fallen into ruin":[5] "En-me-barage-si, the king, built the Iri-nanam in Enlil's temple.

The Tummal inscription attests to a relative date for Meskiagnun and his father between Enmebaragesi and Gilgamesh, whereas the Sumerian King List dates the father and son pair generations after Enmebaragesi and Gilgamesh.

Samuel Noah Kramer notes that this raises "a chronological problem which cannot be resolved for the present.

"[7] Meskiagnun is mentioned as follows in the Sumerian King List: "... Uruk with weapons was struck down, the kingship to Ur was carried off.

British Museum (BM 122255) [ 2 ]
Meskiagnun appears in the Sumerian King List
Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette
Pharaoh Ahmose I slaying a Hyksos
Pharaoh Ahmose I slaying a Hyksos
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Taharqa
Taharqa
Seleukos I Nikator Tetradrachm from Babylon
Seleukos I Nikator Tetradrachm from Babylon
Coin of Ardashir I, Hamadan mint.
Coin of Ardashir I, Hamadan mint.