Nin-kisalsi (; ) was a

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. ...

ian ruler of the

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n city of Adab in the mid-3rd millennium BC. His name does not appear in the

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, but he is known from one inscription bearing his name. The inscription, on a bowl fragment, reads: } It appears from this inscription that King Mesilim of

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was a contemporary with Nin-kisalsi and probably his suzerain. Another such ruler is Lugalshaengur, Governor of

Lagash Lagash (; cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Lagaš'') was an ancient city-state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash ( ...

, who also appears in inscriptions as a vassal of Mesilim.

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