Puzur-Suen (''
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 16th
Gutian ruler of the
Gutian Dynasty
The Gutian dynasty ( Sumerian: , gu-ti-umKI) was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people. Originally thought to be a horde that swept in and brought down Akkadian and Sumerian rule in Mesopotamia, the Gutians are now known to have bee ...
of
Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. ...
[The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford Universit]
/ref> mentioned on the "''Sumerian King List
The ''Sumerian King List'' (abbreviated ''SKL'') or ''Chronicle of the One Monarchy'' is an ancient Composition (language), literary composition written in Sumerian language, Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims ...
''" (''SKL''). According to the ''SKL'': Puzur-Suen was the successor of Hablum
Hablum (''fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 15th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of SumerThe Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford Universit/ref> mentioned on the "''Sumerian King List''" (''SKL'') ...
. Yarlaganda
Yarlaganda (''fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 17th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the "''Sumerian King List''" (''SKL'').The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford Universit ...
then succeeded Puzur-Suen (likewise according to the ''SKL''.)
See also
* History of Sumer
The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid period, Ubaid and Uruk period, Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with ...
* List of Mesopotamian dynasties
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as History of Iraq, Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of ...
References
Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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