Barsal-nuna

Barsal-nuna (Sumerian: 𒁇𒊩𒉣𒈾 bar.sal.nun.na) of Kish was the seventeenth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish (after c. 2900 BC), according to the Sumerian King List. His father was En-me-nuna; he succeeded his brother Melem-Kish.^[1]

His name may have meant Sheep of the Prince. Barsal (𒁇𒊩) means A sheep.^[2]

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^ Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 82f
^ http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/nepsd-frame.html

Regnal titles
Preceded by Melem-Kish	King of Sumer after c. 2900 BC	Succeeded by Zamug
Preceded by Melem-Kish	Ensi of Kish after c. 2900 BC	Succeeded by Zamug

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[1] Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 82f

[2] ttp://psd.museum.upenn.edu/nepsd-frame.html

[3] According to the Sumerian King List, the First Dynasty of Ur was finally defeated, and power went to the Elamite Awan dynasty. "Then Urim was defeated and the kingship was taken to Awan." in Kriwaczek, Paul (2014). Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization. Atlantic Books. p. 136. ISBN 9781782395676.

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