Puannum

{{Short description|Sumerian king}}

{{Infobox character

| name = Puannum

| first = Sumerian King List
{{circa|2000 BC}}

| occupation = King of Kish (reigned {{circa|840}} years)

}}

Puannum of Kish was the sixth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the Sumerian king list.William W. Hallo, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359064 Beginning and End of the Sumerian King List in the Nippur Recension], Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 17 (1963), p 53 Puannum is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived (Early Dynastic period).{{Cite journal|last=Marchesi|first=Gianni|date=2010|title=The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia|url=https://www.academia.edu/10052536/The_Sumerian_King_List_and_the_Early_History_of_Mesopotamia|journal=M. G. Biga - M. Liverani (eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente - Quaderno 5; Roma)|pages=231-248}}