Igeshaush (''
fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 6th
Gutian ruler of the
Gutian Dynasty
The Gutian dynasty, also Kuti or Kutians ( Sumerian: , gu-ti-umKI) was a dynasty, originating among the Gutian people, that came to power in Mesopotamia ''c.'' 2199—2119 BC ( middle), or possibly ''c.'' 2135—2055 BC ( short), after displacing ...
of
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 ...
mentioned on 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 ...
''" (''SKL'').
[The spelling of royal names follows th]
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
/ref> Igeshaush was the successor of Inimabakesh
Inimabakesh ('' fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the fifth Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the Sumerian King List.The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford Universit/ref> Inimabak ...
. Yarlagab then succeeded Igeshaush.
See also
* History of Sumer
The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty o ...
* List of Mesopotamian dynasties
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of Mesopotamia up u ...
References
Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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