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was the ninth

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ian king of the semi-legendary First Dynasty of Kish, according to the ''

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'', where his length of reign is given as 900 years. His name means "

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, ''The Ancient Near East: A History'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 41 Zuqaqip 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).

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