Uhub

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| name = Uhub
{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒌑𒄸}}}}

| image = Uhub vase inscription.jpg

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| caption = Vase fragments of Uhub. The top one has the fragmentary inscription Zababa Uhub Ensi Kish-ki ("God Zababa, Uhub Governor of Kish", in the British Museum (BM 129401). The second fragment, from a different vase, mentions "Pussusu conqueror of Hamazi ({{cuneiform| 𒄩𒈠𒍣𒆠}}, ha-ma-zi{ki})".First fragment: {{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P222740 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}Second fragment: {{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P247657 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}{{cite web |title=Collections Online British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1939-0612-1 |website=www.britishmuseum.org}}{{cite book |last1=Thureau-Dangin |first1=F. (François) |title=Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction |date=1905 |publisher=Paris, Leroux |page=229 |url=https://archive.org/details/lesinscriptionsd00thuruoft/page/228/mode/2up/search/hamazi}}

| reign = c. 2570 BC

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| successor = Possibly Mesilim

| dynasty =

| succession = King of Kish

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| label = Kish

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| lat_deg = 32.54027

| lon_deg = 44.60472

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Uhub ({{langx|sux|{{cuneiform|𒌑𒄸}}}}, u2-hub2),{{cite web |title=CDLI-Found Texts |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&ObjectID=P222532 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}} ({{fl.|{{circa}} 2570 BC}}), was Ensi (Governor) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish before Mesilim.{{cite book |last1=Liverani |first1=Mario |title=The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-75084-9 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d1JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Orientalia: Vol.48 |publisher=Gregorian Biblical BookShop |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geiyimCkjYQC&pg=PA15 |language=en}}

His name is missing from the Sumerian king list, just as the name of Mesilim, who ruled around 50 years later.{{cite book |last1=Panitschek |first1=Peter |title=LUGAL, šarru, basileús: Von der Uruk-Zeit bis Ur III |date=2008 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-3-631-56194-2 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFB6Pt3E5eYC&pg=PA41 |language=de}} Uhub is mentioned on a vase dedicated to the god Zababa.{{cite book |last1=Roux |first1=Georges |title=Mesopotamia: historia política, económica y cultural |date=1990 |publisher=Ediciones AKAL |isbn=978-84-7600-174-5 |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KgzxF07OU4C&pg=PA155 |language=es}}{{cite book |last1=Roux |first1=Georges |title=La Mésopotamie. Essai d'histoire politique, économique et culturelle |date=2015 |publisher=Le Seuil |isbn=978-2-02-129163-6 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MmPCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT128 |language=fr}} The first inscription has been reconstructed as {{Cuneiform|𒀭𒍝𒈠𒈠 / 𒌑𒄸 / 𒑐𒋼𒋛 / 𒆧𒆠}}, Zamama, Uhub ensi kish-ki "Zababa, Uhub, Governor of Kish".

Uhub is otherwise known from a few more inscriptions.{{cite web |title=CDLI-Found Texts |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&DatesReferenced=uhub |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}

Zababa Uhub Ensi Kish-ki.jpg|Transcription in standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform of the fragmentary inscription {{Cuneiform|𒀭𒍝𒈠𒈠 / 𒌑𒄸 / 𒑐𒋼𒋛 / 𒆧𒆠}}, Zamama, Uhub ensi kish-ki "Zababa, Uhub, Governor of Kish", British Museum (BM 129401). The second fragment from the same vase mentions "Pussusu conqueror of Hamazi".{{cite web|title=CDLI-Archival View|url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P222740|website=cdli.ucla.edu}}{{cite web|title=Collections Online British Museum|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1939-0612-1|website=www.britishmuseum.org}}{{cite book|last1=Thureau-Dangin|first1=F. (François)|title=Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction|date=1905|publisher=Paris, Leroux|page=229|url=https://archive.org/details/lesinscriptionsd00thuruoft/page/228/mode/2up/search/hamazi}}{{cite book|last1=Hilprecht|first1=H. V. (Hermann Vollrat)|title=The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform texts|date=1892|publisher=Philadelphia : Dept. of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania|page=49 Note 2|url=https://archive.org/details/babylonianexpedi12univuoft/page/48/mode/2up/search/108}}

File:Hamazi inscription.jpg|"Hamazi" in the second inscription