Arwium

Arwium

Arwium

Sumerian king

Arwium of Kish was the twelfth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the Sumerian king list. His father was Mashda, the previous ruler.[1] Like the other members of the First dynasty prior to Etana, he was named for an animal; his name "Arwium" is Akkadian for "male gazelle".[2] Arwium 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).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 80f
  2. [2]
    Jacobsen, Sumerian King List, p. 80 n.60
  3. [3]
    Marchesi, Gianni (2010). "The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia". 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): 231–248.
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