Pabilgagaltuku

Pabilgagaltuku, also Pabilgeshgaltuku (𒉺𒉈𒅍𒃲𒌇, pa.bil2.ĝeš-gal-tuku; fl. c. 2450 BC)^[1] was Governor (ensi) of Umma, a city-state in Sumer. He was captured by Ur-Nanshe of Lagash.^[2] His successor was Ush.^[3]

Pabilgagaltuku 𒉺𒉈𒅍𒃲𒌇
King of Umma
Reign	c. 2450 BC
Successor	Ush
Dynasty	1st Dynasty of Umma

Umma

Location of Umma

Pabilgagaltuku is known from an inscription of Ur-Nanshe, in which Ur-Nanshe claims that he defeated Umma and captured Pabilgagaltuku:

pabilgax (pa.bil2.ĝeš)-gal-tuku ensi2 umma(geš.kušu2)ki mu-dab5
“He seized Pabilgagaltuku, the governor of Umma.”

— Inscription of Ur-Nanshe.^[1]

Pabilgagaltuku may also be mentioned in the Stele of the Vultures, as having been vanquished in the past by Ur-Nanshe.^[1]

See also

• List of Mesopotamian dynasties

References

1. FAOS 5/1 Urn. 51 = RIME 1.9.1.6.b rev. iv 5-8: in Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo. Philological Data for a Historical Chronology of Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium. pp. 74–75.
2. Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (2015). History & Philology (PDF). Walther Sallaberger & Ingo Schrakamp (eds), Brepols. pp. 74–80. ISBN 978-2-503-53494-7.
3. "Since Ninta (“Uš”) was a contemporary of Eanatum, he is assigned to a generation subsequent to Pabilgaltuku." in Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo. Philological Data for a Historical Chronology of Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium. pp. 74–75.