Lugalannatum (, ''lu-gal-an-na-tum''; ) was a ruler (" patesi") of the city of

Umma Umma () in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been sugges ...

. Lugalannatum is known from a deposit tablet, now in the

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, in which he mentions the rule of Si'um, king of the

Gutians The Guti (), also known by the derived exonyms Gutians or Guteans, were a people of the ancient Near East who both appeared and disappeared during the Bronze Age. Their homeland was known as Gutium (Sumerian language, Sumerian: , ''GutūmKI'' o ...

. The tablet was first published in 1911, and first revealed the existence of a

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. The tablet is written in the

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following the influence of the former Kingdom of Akkad, and uses

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ian

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characters for their phonetical value. It reads: The name of the Temple, previously thought to be "Ê PA Temple", is now understood as being "Scepter Temple", and read ''E.GIDRU''. The text shows the allegiance of Lugalannatum, as simple Governor of Umma, towards the Gutian king of Sumer."From a text recently found at Jokha we also know that Lugal-annatum, patesi of Umma, Lugalannatum patesi of Umma, owed allegiance to Sium, King of Guti" There is also an inscription by Lugalannatum, dedicated to the life of Urgigir. File:Lugalanatum (name inscription).jpg, The name Lugalannatum in archaic linear script, and in standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform () File:Gutium_(name).jpg, Mention of

Gutium The Guti (), also known by the derived exonyms Gutians or Guteans, were a people of the ancient Near East who both appeared and disappeared during the Bronze Age. Their homeland was known as Gutium ( Sumerian: , ''GutūmKI'' or , ''GutiumKI''). ...

in the tablet (last column: , gu-ti-um^KI)

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{{Rulers of Sumer Kings of Umma 22nd-century BC Sumerian kings 3rd-millennium BC births 22nd-century BC deaths