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    Mesilim (Sumerian: 𒈨𒁲), also spelled Mesalim (fl. c. 2550 BC), was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish. Though his name is missing from...
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  • Mesopotamian trade with clients along the Persian Gulf shores. 2550 BC: Reign of Mesilim, king of Kish. He was an apparent suzerain over the Lagash king Luga-shag-engur...
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    at the time of the Early Dynastic II/Early Dynastic III king of Kish, Mesilim, who acted as an arbiter and demarcated a border between the two polities...
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    around 150 years. According to a peace between Umma and Lagash mediated by Mesilim, king of Kish had determined where the boundary lay and the terms of use...
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    Lagash is dated to the 25th century BCE. Lugalshaengur was tributary to Mesilim.[citation needed] Following the hegemony of Mesannepada of Ur, Ur-Nanshe...
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  • was established, mediated by Mesilim, “king of Kish”. Eannatum restored the border, including the boundary markers of Mesilim. "Eanatum, ruler of Lagash...
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    the War inscription by Entemena, in the Net Cylinder Mesilim Lugal Kish-ki (𒈨𒁲 𒈗 𒆧𒆠), "Mesilim, King of Kish", on the "Net Cylinder" of Entemena YBC...
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    governor of Adab." — Inscription of Mesilim mentioning Nin-Kisalsi It appears from this inscription that King Mesilim of Kish was contemporary with Nin-kisalsi...
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    by many kings of the preeminent dynasties for some time afterward. King Mesilim of Kish is known from inscriptions from Lagash and Adab stating that he...
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    frontier with Lagash, a frontier which had been solemnly established by king Mesilim. 8–12 𒈨𒁲 𒈗𒆧𒆠𒆤 𒅗 𒀭𒅗𒁲𒈾𒋫 𒂠 𒃷 𒁉𒊏 𒆠𒁀 𒈾 𒉈𒆕 me-silim lugal...
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    high priest of Lagash, and is only known from the macehead inscription of Mesilim. According to the Perforated Relief of King Ur-Nanshe, temples attributed...
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  • of Kish, Mesilim, appears to have ruled at Adab, based on inscriptions found at Bismaya. One inscription, on a bowl fragment reads "Mesilim, king of Kish...
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    that Mesannepada, and an archaeologically attested early "king of Kish", Mesilim, were one and the same, as their names were interchanged in certain proverbs...
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    rulers whose inscriptions describe them as lugals are Enmebaragesi and Mesilim at Kish, and Meskalamdug, Mesannepada and several of their successors at...
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    MDP 58, pp. 294–317, 2013 Strommenger, E., "Das Menschenbild in der Altmesopotamischen Rundplastik von Mesilim bis Hammurapi", BM 1, pp. 1–103, 1960...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sumerian city-state of Kish before Mesilim. His name is missing from the Sumerian king list, just as the name of Mesilim, who ruled around 50 years later...
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  • there was a Kesh Canal, which Adab was on. It has been suggested that Mesilim, traditionally considered "King of Kish" was actually a ruler of Kesh,...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    These borders between Umma and Lagash had been fixed in ancient times by Mesilim, king (lugal) of Kish, who had drawn the borders between the two states...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Lugalbanda Gilgamesh 1st Dynasty of Ur Meskalamdug Mesh-Ane-pada Puabi Mesilim of Kish 2nd Dynasty of Uruk En-shag-kush-ana 1st Dynasty of Lagash Ur-Nanshe...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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    Sagisu Abur-lim Agur-lim Ibbi-Damu Baba-Damu Kish II dynasty (5 kings) Uhub Mesilim Ur-Nungal Udulkalama Labashum Lagash En-hegal Lugal- shaengur Ur A-Imdugud...
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