Lugal-kinishe-dudu (, ''lugal-ki-ni-še₃-du₇-du₇'') also Lugal-kiginne-dudu (, ''lugal-ki-gin-ne₂-du₇-du₇''), was a King and ( ensi) of

Uruk Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.Harm ...

and Ur who lived towards the end of the 25th century BCE. 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 ...

mentions Lugal-kinishe-dudu as the second king of the dynasty after En-cakanca-ana, attributing to him a fanciful reign of 120 years. The inscriptions of this sovereign which have been discovered show that he retained the power inherited from his predecessor, since he proclaimed himself king of Ur and Kish: Numerous fragments are known that bear the name of Lugalkinishedudu, mainly found in

Nippur Nippur (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Nibru'', often logogram, logographically recorded as , EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory': Vol. 1, Part 1. Accessed 15 Dec 2010. Akkadian language, Akkadian: '' ...

, and now located in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The most remarkable document in which he is mentioned is a clay nail found in

Girsu Girsu ( Sumerian ; cuneiform ) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some northwest of Lagash, at the site of modern Tell Telloh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. History Girsu was possibly inhabited in the Ubaid period (5300-4800 BC), but sign ...

and commemorating the alliance which he concluded with Entemena of Lagash, the oldest known reference to a

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring ...

between two kings:
Deena Ragavan, Cuneiform Texts and Fragments in the Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cuneiform Digital Library Journal, vol. 2010:1, ISSN 1540-8779 He was followed by his son, Lugal-kisal-si, Lugalkisalsi, also read Lugaltarsi. File:Detail,_limestone_foundation_peg_of_Lugal-kisal-si,_from_Uruk,_Iraq._C._2380_BCE._Pergamon_Museum.jpg, Lugal-kisalsi was the son of Lugal-kinishe-dudu File:Lugal-kinishe-dudu on the Treaty Cone of Entemena.jpg, The name "Lugal-kinishe-dudu" on the Treaty Cone of Entemena.

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

File:Lugal-kinishe-dudu King of Uruk King of Ur on the vase inscription.jpg, "Lugal-kinishe-dudu / King of Uruk /King of Ur" on the vase inscription

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, - {{Rulers of Sumer 25th-century BC Sumerian kings Kings of Kish Kings of Ur Kings of Uruk Sumerian rulers

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