The Sumerian King List
The first king reigned for 28,800 years
The list opens with kings who ruled before the Flood: the first, Alulim, reigned 28,800 years, and the eight antediluvian kings 241,200 years in all. After the Flood reigns 'shrank' to centuries, and Kish was ruled for 100 years by Kubaba, a tavern keeper.
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The first king in the Sumerian King List ruled for 28,800 years. The eight kings before the Flood reigned 241,200 years in total; only afterwards did reigns 'shrink' to mere centuries. Share →
The Sumerian King List includes a woman ruler — a tavern keeper. Kubaba supposedly ruled Kish for 100 years under the title lugal, 'king', which had no feminine form. Share →