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| The Sumerian King List has the following entry for Alulim: | The Sumerian King List has the following entry for Alulim: | ||
| :"After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug (Eridu). In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28,800 years."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livius.org/k/kinglist/sumerian.html |title=Sumerian King List |author=Jona Lendering |date=2006 }}</ref> | :"After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug (Eridu). In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28,800 years."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livius.org/k/kinglist/sumerian.html |title=Sumerian King List |author=Jona Lendering |date=2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Wang|first1=Haicheng|title=Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=1107785871|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HI9AwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA36|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> | ||
| In a chart of antediluvian generations in Babylonian and Biblical traditions, Professor ] associates Alulim with the composite half-man, half-fish counselor or ] (]) ], and suggests an equivalence between Alulim and ] in the ]ite genealogy given in ] chapter 5. Hallo notes that Alulim's name means "]".<ref>Hallo, William W. and William Kelly Simpson, ''The Ancient Near East: A History'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 32</ref> | In a chart of antediluvian generations in Babylonian and Biblical traditions, Professor ] associates Alulim with the composite half-man, half-fish counselor or ] (]) ], and suggests an equivalence between Alulim and ] in the ]ite genealogy given in ] chapter 5. Hallo notes that Alulim's name means "]".<ref>Hallo, William W. and William Kelly Simpson, ''The Ancient Near East: A History'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 32</ref> | ||
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Alulim was the first king of Eridu, and the first king of Sumer, according to the mythological antediluvian section of the Sumerian King List. Enki, the god of Eridu, is said to have brought civilization to Sumer at this point, or just shortly before.
The Sumerian King List has the following entry for Alulim:
- "After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug (Eridu). In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28,800 years."
In a chart of antediluvian generations in Babylonian and Biblical traditions, Professor William Wolfgang Hallo associates Alulim with the composite half-man, half-fish counselor or culture hero (Apkallu) Uanna-Adapa (Oannes), and suggests an equivalence between Alulim and Enosh in the Sethite genealogy given in Genesis chapter 5. Hallo notes that Alulim's name means "Stag".
William H. Shea, however, suggests that Alulim may be the same person as the biblical Adam.
References
- Jona Lendering (2006). "Sumerian King List".
- Wang, Haicheng (2004). Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 1107785871. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- Hallo, William W. and William Kelly Simpson, The Ancient Near East: A History, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 32
- William H. Shea (1977). "Adam in Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions".
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