En-men-lu-ana appears as the first king of Bad-tibira in some version of 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 ...

. The list claims that En-men-lu-ana ruled for 43,200 years. The kings on the early part of the ''SKL'' are usually not considered historical, except when they are mentioned in contemporary documents. En-men-lu-ana is not one of them.

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Antediluvian Sumerian kings {{AncientNearEast-bio-stub