Si'um Explained

Si'um
King of Sumer
Reign:	fl. late 3rd millennium BCE
Predecessor:	Yarlaganda
Successor:	Tirigan
Royal House:	Gutian Dynasty of Sumer

Si'um, also Siium, or Sium (si-u-um, fl. late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 18th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the "Sumerian King List" (SKL). According to the SKL, Si'um was the successor of Yarlaganda, and the last king of the Gutians before Tirigan.^[1]

A tablet is known, dated to c. 2130 BCE, mentioning the allegiance of Lugalanatum prince of Umma to Sium, King of the Gutians.^[2]

See also

• History of Sumer
• List of Mesopotamian dynasties

Notes and References

1. "However, the last three Royal names of the Guti dynasty are again not Semitic. The last two among them are Sium and Tirikkan (Jacobsen, 1939)." in Book: Moisheson . Boris . Armenoids in Prehistory . 2001 . University Press of America . 9780761817802 . 141 . en.
2. "From a text recently found at Jokha we also know that Lugal-annatum, patesi of Umma, Lugalanatum patesi of Umma, owed allegiance to Sium, King of Guti" Book: Chisholm . Hugh . The Britannica Year Book . 1913 . Encyclopœdia Britannica Company, Limited . 259 . en.