RE: [asa] Sumerian King List

Hi James:

Ling lists were found in many of the cities excavated and the commonalities
are easy to see when you set them all side by side. I had six spread out in
front of me at one time trying to make sense of them all. The pre-flood
list of kings from each Sumerian city all start the same then you get the
occasional misplacement, one or two are out of order, variations in
spelling, pieces are missing out of the clay tablet, etc. Some lists have
only seven names usually ending in Ubartutu, others name ten ending with
Ziusudra followed by "then the flood swept thereover." The years of reign
appear to be long measured in "sars" but all are divisible by 60 or 60
squared.

Kingship begins at Eridu and Eridu is the oldest city in the region as dated
by archaeologists. The first two names are Semitic, not Sumerian names,
which follows the pottery found there. Eridu is "smitten with weapons" and
kingship is carried to Badtabira. The next three kings who rule at
Badtabira have Sumerian names and the last is the fabled Dumuzi. Then
Badtabira is "smitten with weapons" and kingship is transferred once again.

The seventh king is Enmenduranki who rules at Sippar home to the sun god.
It has been suggested that this possibly is Enoch. Enmenduranki according
to legend is taken away by the gods and taught certain "divine "mysteries."
Finally we get to the last pre-flood city Shuruppak where one or three kings
is named. I believe these kings Ubartutu, Su-Kur-Lam, and Ziusudra likely
do correspond with Methuseleh, Lamech, and Noah. One of the things I found
interesting is that the en- prefix means king or lord in both Sumerian and
Akkadian and both of Adam's grandsons, Enoch, and Enosh are so named
indicating they were kings in their respective cities.

Some have tried to equate the Sumerian kings with the biblical patriarchs
but there is not a one to one relationship. There are no Sumerians in
Genesis The SKL records a consecutive line of kings without regard to
relationship while Genesis records a particular blood-line regardless of
whether they were kings or not, but the timeline for both looks to be the
same. The kings and patriarchs do appear to be contemporary and I consider
three or four to be the same persons.

Dick Fischer, GPA president

Genesis Proclaimed Association

"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"

www.genesisproclaimed.org

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of James Patterson
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:23 PM
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Subject: [asa] Sumerian King List

So I am looking around at pre-history, researching this question of Genesis,
and when Adam and Eve were around. I find this Sumerian King List.

http://www.theology.edu/prehist2.htm

Very interesting ages of the kings - does anyone (Dick?) have any background
on this? The ages do diminish after the flood too.interesting.

James

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Received on Fri Feb 13 01:29:59 2009