Jushur Explained

Ğušur
Predecessor:	Deluge Ziusudra of Shuruppak
Successor:	Kullassina-bel
Succession:	King of the First dynasty of Kish

Jushur (cuneiform: ĜIŠ.UR₃; Sumerian: Ĝušur) appears as a king of Kish in the Sumerian king list, a literary composition created in Mesopotamia at the beginning of the second millennium BC. He is either the first king on the list to be mentioned, or the first king after a flood, depending on the version of the SKL. According to the list, Jushur reigned for 1,200 years.^[1] Jushur does not appear in Early Dynastic inscriptions. His historicity, like that of many other kings of the earlier parts of the Sumerian King List, is considered unlikely.^[2]

Ĝušur has also been transliterated in the literature as Jushur, Jucur, Gushur, Ngushur, and Gishur. An early reading of the cuneiform was Gaur.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Sumerian king list: translation. 2021-07-23. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.
2. Marchesi. Gianni. 2010. The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia. M. G. Biga – M. Liverani (Eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente – Quaderno 5; Roma). 231–248.