Jushur (cuneiform: ĜIŠ.UR
3;
Sumerian: ''Ĝušur'') appears as a king of
Kish in the ''
Sumerian king list'', a
literary composition created in
Mesopotamia
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at the beginning of the second millennium BC. He is either the first king on the list to be mentioned, or the first king after a flood, depending on the version of the ''SKL''. According to the list, Jushur reigned for 1,200 years. Jushur does not appear in
Early Dynastic inscriptions. His
historicity
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, like that of many other kings of the earlier parts of the ''Sumerian King List'', is considered unlikely.
Ĝušur has also been transliterated in the literature as Jushur, Jucur, Gushur, Ngushur, and Gishur. An early reading of the cuneiform was ''Gaur''.
References
Kings of Kish
Asian people whose existence is disputed
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