Apilkin (''
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 11th
Gutian ruler of the
Gutian Dynasty
The Gutian dynasty, also Kuti or Kutians ( Sumerian: , gu-ti-umKI) was a dynasty, originating among the Gutian people, that came to power in Mesopotamia ''c.'' 2199—2119 BC ( middle), or possibly ''c.'' 2135—2055 BC (short), after displacing t ...
of
Sumer
The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
', Oxford University mentioned on 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 kingd ...
'' (''SKL''). According to the ''SKL'', Apilkin was the successor of
Kurum and was succeeded by
La-erabum
La-erabum or Lasirab ( ''la-é-ra-ab'' also read ''la-a3-ra-ab'', formerly read ''la-si-ra-ab'', ''fl.'' circa 2150 BCE) was the 12th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer.
Sumerian King List
La-erabum is mentioned in the "''Sumerian K ...
.
See also
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History of Sumer
The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty ...
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List of Mesopotamian dynasties
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of Mesopotamia up un ...
References
Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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