Jushur (cuneiform: ĜIŠ.UR
3;
Sumerian: ''Ĝušur'') appears as a king of
Kish
Kish may refer to:
Geography
* Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish
* Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish
* Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf
* Kish, Iran, ...
in the ''
Sumerian king list'', a
literary composition created in
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...
at the beginning of the second millennium BC. He is either the first king on the list to be mentioned, or the first king after a flood, depending on the version of the ''SKL''. According to the list, Jushur reigned for 1200 years. Jushur does not appear in
Early Dynastic inscriptions. His
historicity
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, like that of many other kings of the earlier parts of the ''Sumerian King List'', is considered unlikely.
Ĝušur has also been transliterated in the literature as Jushur, Jucur, Gushur, Ngushur, and Gishur. An early reading of the cuneiform was ''Gaur''.
References
Kings of Kish
People whose existence is disputed
Sumerian rulers
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