Sarlagab Explained

Sarlagab or Zarlagab
King of Sumer
Reign:	fl. late 3rd millennium BC
Predecessor:	Inkishush
Successor:	Shulme
Royal House:	Gutian Dynasty of Sumer

Sarlagab or Zarlagab (c. 2200 BC)^{[1] [2] [3]}) was the second Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the Sumerian King List as possibly reigning for six years.

Sarlagab may have been a contemporary of the Akkadian king Shar-kali-sharri (r. 2217-2193 BC), if he is the same Gutian king Sharlag whom Shar-kali-sharri captured according to one of his year-names: "the year in which Szarkaliszarri (...) took prisoner Szarlag(ab) the king of Gutium".^{[4] [5]} According to the King List, he was the successor of Inkishush. Shulme then succeeded Sarlagab.

See also

• History of Sumer
• List of Mesopotamian dynasties

Notes and References

1. The Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113), Douglas R. Frayne, University Of Toronto Press, 1993,
2. Mesopotamian Chronicles by Jean-Jacques Glassner published 2004
3. Reallexikon der Assyriologie by Erich Ebling, Bruno Meissner, 1993, Walter de Gruyter,
4. Publications de l'Observatoire astronomique de l'Université de Belgrade, 1999, p. 157
5. Web site: Year Names of Sharkalisharri [CDLI Wiki] ]. cdli.ox.ac.uk.