Yarlaganda (''
fl.
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'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 17th
Gutian ruler of the
Gutian Dynasty 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 ...
''" (''SKL'').
[The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford Universit]
/ref> According to the ''SKL'': Yarlaganda was the successor of Puzur-Suen (Gutian king), Puzur-Suen. Si'um
Si'um, also Siium, or Sium (, ''si-u-um'', ''fl.'' late 3rd millennium BCE) was the 18th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer mentioned on the "''Sumerian King List''" (''SKL''). According to the ''SKL'', Si'um was the successor of Yarla ...
then succeeded Yarlaganda (likewise according to the ''SKL''.).
See also
* 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 ...
* 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
Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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