SUMERIAN KING LIST

A compilation of dynasties and the names of kings by a Babylonianscholar at the time of the First Dynasty of Isin. It begins in remote antiquity and the divine institution of kingship and ends with the reign of Sin-magir (1827–1817 B.C.). The Sumerian King List chronicles the transfer of hegemony (“kingship”) from one cityto another and thus obscures the reality that several dynasties existed at the same time.