Pabilgagaltuku, also Pabilgeshgaltuku (, ''pa.bil2.ĝeš-gal-tuku'')
was Governor (
ensi) of
Umma, a city-state in
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 ...
, circa 2450 BCE. He was captured by
Ur-Nanshe of
Lagash.
His successor was
Ush, king of Umma
Ush ( Uš, possibly read Ninta) was King or '' ensi'' of Umma, a city-state in Sumer, circa 2450 BCE.
Ush is mentioned in various inscriptions, such as the Cone of Entemana as having violated the frontier with Lagash, a frontier which had been s ...
.
["Since Ninta (“Uš”) was a contemporary of Eanatum, he is assigned to a generation subsequent to Pabilgaltuku." in ]
Pabilgagaltuku is known from an inscription of
Ur-Nanshe, in which Ur-Nanshe claims that he defeated Umma and captured Pabilgagaltuku:
Pabilgagaltuku may also be mentioned in the
Stele of Vultures, as having been vanquished in the past by Ur-Nanshe.
See also
*
List of Mesopotamian dynasties
References
{{Rulers of Sumer
Kings of Umma
25th-century BC Sumerian kings