meskiagkasher

"Once upon a time, there was no fear, no terror. Man had no rival.
The whole universe, the people in unison, to Enlil in one tongue gave praise."

(From "Enmerker and the Lord of Aratta")

The Yahoo! Inspectors finally arrived to look at Mesk's boots!

Meskiagkasher, son of the sun god (Utu) became high priest and king (of Uruk) and reigned for 324 years. Meskiagkasher journeyed upon the sea and came ashore in a mountainous land.

Sumerian King List column III, lines 1 to 5

Meskiagkasher's Family Tree

Japheth

Gomer, Madai, Magog, Meshekh, Tiras, Tuval, Yavan

Canaan

No record

Havilah 1

No record

Enmerker

No record

(Nimrod)

Methuselah

Ubartutu

Utnapishtim

Ham

Meskiagkasher

Raamah

Dedan 1, Sheba 1

(Lemekh 2)

( Ziusudra/Noah)

(Cush)

S'bha

No record

Sabhta

No record

Shabht'ka

No record

Mizraim

No record

Put

No record

Shem

Aram, Arpachshad, Asshur, Elam, Lud

Notes: Names are given in the form(s) I have available. Unfortunately this means a mix of Sumerian and Hebrew versions, where I have both, both are given. The geneology only shows male heirs because of sexism in the Bible..

Early Sumeria and Egypt

	Sumer		Egypt
c.4500 BC	UBAID 3 & 4	Arrival of Adam's descendants in Sumer. First settlements First Cities Potter's wheel	Badarian (Neolithic)	New Stone Age	c.4500 BC
			Badarian (Neolithic)	New Stone Age
			Nakada I (Amratian)	Indigenous Nile culture	c.3250 BC
		The Flood
c.3100 BC	URUK	Meskiagkasher
		Enmerker First Ziggurats First Writing	Nakada II (Gerzean)	Contact with Mesopotamia Dramatic cultural changes.	c.3050 BC
		Enmerker First Ziggurats First Writing	Nakada II (Gerzean)	Contact with Mesopotamia Dramatic cultural changes.
			Nakada III (Dynasty 0)	Royal Burial. First Hieroglyphs	c.2850 BC
c.2800 BC	JEMDET NASR	Lugalbanda	Nakada III (Dynasty 0)	Royal Burial. First Hieroglyphs
	JEMDET NASR		Dynasty 1	Pharaoh Menes	c.2781 BC
c.2700 BC	Early Dynastic I	Dumuzi	Dynasty 1
			Dynasty 2		c.2669 BC
		Gilgamesh	Dynasty 3	Pharaoh Djoser
c.2500 BC	Early Dynastic II		Dynasty 3
c.2400 BC	Early Dynastic II

HYMN TO ISHTAR

Praise the goddess, the most awesome of the goddesses.
Let one revere the mistress of the peoples, the greatest of the Igigi.
Praise Ishtar, the most awesome of the goddesses.
Let us revere the queen of women, the greatest of the Igigi.

She is clothed in pleasure and love.
She is laden with vitality, charm, and voluptuousness.
Ishtar is clothed in pleasure and love.
She is laden with vitality, charm, and voluptuousness.

In lips she is sweet; life is in her mouth.
At her appearance rejoicing becomes full.
She is glorious; veils are thrown over her head.
Her figure is beautiful; her eyes are brilliant.

The goddess - with her there is counsel.
The fate of everything she holds in her hand.
At her glance there is created joy,
Power, magnificence, the protecting deity and guardian spirit.

She dwells in, she pays heed to compassion and friendliness.
Besides, agreeableness she truly possesses.
Be it slave, unattached girl, or mother, she preserves (her).
One calls on her; among women one names her name.

Who - to her greatness who can be equal?
Strong, exalted, splendid are her decrees.
Ishtar - to her greatness who can be equal?
Strong, exalted, splendid are her decrees.

She is sought after among the gods; extraordinary is her station.
Respected is her word; it is supreme over them.
Ishtar among the gods, extraordinary is her station.
Respected is her word; it is supreme over them.

She is their queen; they continually cause her commands to be executed.
All of them bow down to her.
They receive her light before her.
Women and men indeed revere her.

In their assembly her word is powerful; it is dominating.
Before Anum their king she fully supports them.
She rests in intelligence, cleverness, (and) wisdom.
They take counsel together, she and her lord.

Indeed they occupy the throne room together.
In the divine chamber, the dwelling of joy,
Before them the gods take their places.
To their utterances their attention is turned.

The king their favorite, beloved of their hearts,
Magnificently offers to them his pure sacrifices.
Ammiditana, as the pure offering of his hands,
Brings before them fat oxen and gazelles.

From Anum, her consort, she has been pleased to ask for him
An enduring, a long life.
Many years of living, to Ammiditana
She has granted, Ishtar has decided to give.

By her orders she has subjected to him
The four world regions at his feet;
And the total of all peoples
She has decided to attach them to his yoke.

Text written ~1600 BC