Sarlagab or Zarlagab (c. 2200 BC)) was the second
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. ...
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 ...
as possibly reigning for six years.
Sarlagab may have been a contemporary of the
Akkadian king
Shar-kali-sharri
Shar-Kali-Sharri (, ''Dingir, DShar-ka-li-Sharri''; died 2193 BC) reigned c. 2218–2193 BC (middle chronology) as the ruler of Akkadian Empire, Akkad. In the early days of cuneiform scholarship the name was transcribed as "Shar-Gani-sharri". In ...
(r. 2217-2193 BC), if he is the same Gutian king Sharlag whom Shar-kali-sharri captured according to one of his year-names: "the year in which Szarkaliszarri (...) took prisoner Szarlag(ab) the king of Gutium".
According to the King List, he was the successor of
Inkishush.
Shulme
Shulme (''fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCReallexikon der Assyriologie by Erich Ebling, Bruno Meissner, 1993, Walter de Gruyter, ) was the third Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the Sumerian King List
The ''Sumerian King ...
then succeeded Sarlagab.
See also
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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 ...
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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
Sumerian kings
22nd-century BC monarchs
Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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