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In Eanna, Meskingasher, son of the Sun-god, ruled as high priest and king for three hundred and twenty-five years. Lugalbanda, the shepherd, ruled for twelve hundred years. Gishbilgames, whose father was A, the high priest of Kullab, ruled for one hundred and twenty-six years. The verb may also imply descent into. The phrase appears to have been imperfectly copied by the scribe.
We shall have occasion to revert to the traditions here recorded concerning the parentage of Meskingasher, the founder of this line of kings, and that of its most famous member, Gilgamesh. Meanwhile we may note that the closing rulers of the "Kingdom of Eanna" are wanting. In Ur Mesannipada became king and ruled for eighty years. Meskiagunna, son of Mesannipada, ruled for thirty years.
But more significant still is the fact that we read of two Sumerian heroes, also rulers of cities, who were divine on the father's or mother's side but not on both. Meskingasher is entered in the list as "son of the Sun-god", and no divine parentage is recorded on the mother's side.
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