Utu-hengal

Utu-hengal (Sumerian: π’€­π’Œ“π’ƒΆπ’……, Dutu-αΈ«eβ‚‚-gΜƒalβ‚‚; died c. 2112 BC), also written Utu-hegΜƒal, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his son-in-law Ur-Nammu.

After a battle at an unknown location, Utu-Hengal was victorious and forced Tirigan to flee back towards Gutium.

[3] Tirigan fled to the city of Dubrum (location unknown) where the people treated him kindly.

In the seventh year of the kingship he tragically died in an accident when inspecting a dam (leading some to suspect foul play),[citation needed][7] and was succeeded by his son-in-law, the governor of Ur, Ur-Nammu, as the king of Sumer.

[10] A victory stele was erected in Uruk by Utu-Hengal, a copy of which was made during the Dynasty of Isin, now in the Louvre Museum (AO 6018).

On the highways of the country he made tall grasses grow (....) By the envoys of UtuαΈ«egal Tirigan and his wife and children in Dabrum were captured.

Whoever erases the inscription and writes his own name instead or who, on account of this curse, has someone else take hold of it and remove it, may his reign be cut short!

Utu-hengal name and titles on his victory stele (photograph and transcription): "Utu-hengal, the great man, King of Uruk, King of the four quarters of the world". [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Utu-Hengal victory stele AO 6018 (photograph and transcription of the obverse). Louvre Museum . [ 11 ]
Inscribed copper-alloy vessel of Utu-hengal. British Museum .
Beginning of the inscription on the vase: π’€­π’Œ“π’ƒΆπ’…… / 𒍑𒆗𒂡 / π’ˆ—π’€•π’† π’‚΅ / π’ˆ—π’€­π’Œ’π’• 𒐉𒁀
D utu-he2-gal2 / nita kal-ga / lugal unu ki -ga / lugal an-ub-da limmu5-ba
"Utu-hengal, the great man, King of Uruk, King of the four quarters of the world"
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.