Arwium of

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was the twelfth

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ian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the ''

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''. His father was Mashda, the previous ruler. Like the other members of the First dynasty prior to Etana, he was named for an animal; his name "Arwium" is Akkadian for "male gazelle".Jacobsen, ''Sumerian King List'', p. 80 n.60 Arwium is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived ( Early Dynastic period).

References

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