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
}}
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
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References
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Category:22nd-century BC monarchs
Category:Gutian dynasty of Sumer
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