Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of c ...
ian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the ''
Sumerian king list
The ''Sumerian King List'' (abbreviated ''SKL'') or ''Chronicle of the One Monarchy'' is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and king ...
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William W. Hallo
William Wolfgang Hallo (March 9, 1928 – March, 27, 2015Beginning and End of the Sumerian King List in the Nippur Recension ''
Journal of Cuneiform Studies
The ''Journal of Cuneiform Studies'' was founded in 1947 by the Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research. The journal presents articles about ancient Mesopotamian language and history in English, French and German.
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'', 17 (1963), p 53 Babum is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived ( Early Dynastic period).