manishtusu

Updated: May 24, 2025

One of the personages in question was a certain Urukagina, the son of Engilsa, patesi of Shirpurla, and it has been suggested that he is the same Urukagina who is known to have occupied the throne of Shirpurla, though this identification would bring Manishtusu down somewhat later than is probable from the general character of his inscriptions.

H. R. (Harry Reginald) Hall - History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery

The other personage mentioned in the text is the son of Manishtusu, named Mesalim, and there is more to be said for the identification of this prince with Mesilim, the early King of Kish, who reigned at a period anterior to that of Eannadu, patesi of Shirpurla.

H. R. (Harry Reginald) Hall - History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery

If the proposed identification t should prove to be correct, it would enable us to assign a more precise date to Manishtusu than has hitherto been possible.

H. R. (Harry Reginald) Hall - History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery

After details have been given of a number of estates situated in the same neighbourhood, a summary is appended referring to the whole neighbourhood, and the fact is recorded that the district dealt with in the preceding catalogue and summary had been duly acquired by purchase by Manishtusu, King of Kish.

H. R. (Harry Reginald) Hall - History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery