Inkishush

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| name = Inkishush or Inkišuš

| title = King of Sumer

| reign = Fl. late 3rd millennium BC

| predecessor = Imta

| successor = Sarlagab

| royal house = Gutian Dynasty of Sumer

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Inkishush or Inkišuš (fl. late 3rd millennium BC) was the first Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty mentioned on the Sumerian King List.{{cite book |title=The Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334–2113) |first=Douglas R. |last=Frayne |publisher=University Of Toronto Press |year=1993 |isbn=0-8020-0593-4 }}{{cite book |title=Mesopotamian Chronicles |first=Jean-Jacques |last=Glassner |authorlink=Jean-Jacques Glassner |year=2004 |isbn=1-58983-090-3 }}{{cite book |title=Reallexikon der Assyriologie |first=Erich |last=Ebling |first2=Bruno |last2=Meissner |year=1993 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-003705-X }} According to this list, he was the successor of Imta. Sarlagab then succeeded Inkishush.

He would have been contemporary with the Akkadian kings Naram-Sin (r. 2254-2218 BC) and Shar-Kali-Sharri (r. 2217-2193 BC).

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| title = King of Sumer

| before = Imta

| after = Sarlagab

| years = Fl. late 3rd millennium BC}}

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See also

References

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{{Sumerian rulers}}

{{Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia}}

Category:Sumerian kings

Category:22nd-century BC monarchs

Category:Gutian dynasty of Sumer

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