Helmet Of Meskalamdug – Sumerian King Of The First Dynasty Of Ur
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sir Leonard Woolley found the gold helmet of King Meskalamdug (Mes-Kalam-Dug ) (1880 – 1960), a British archaeologist best known for excavating Ur in Mesopotamia.
Meskalamdug (Mes-Kalam-Dug) ("hero of the good land") was an early Sumerian king of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century BC.
Electrotype copy of the Gold Helmet of Meskalamdug from Ur (Original, dated to 2600 BC and discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, is now in the Iraq Museum.
He does not appear in the Sumerian King List. Still, he is known from a royal cylinder seal found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, a royal bead inscription from Mari, both of which mention him as King, and possibly from his tomb, grave PG 755, in the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
From an inscription on a lapis lazuli bead found at Mari, we know that the royal Meskalamdug took the title King of Kish and was the father of Mesannepada. However, one vessel in the young man's grave had an inscription named "Ninbanda." She was called "queen," but it is still problematic to determine women's identity.
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