Editing Eridu (section)

====List of rulers====
The following list should not be considered complete:
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|colspan="7"align="center"style="background-color:palegoldenrod"|'''[[Early Dynastic I|Early Dynastic I period]] ({{circa|2900|2700 BC|lk=yes}})'''
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!colspan="7"|[[Pre-dynastic period of Sumer|Predynastic Sumer]] ({{circa|2900|2700 BC}})
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|colspan="7"align="left"|{{blockquote|''"After the [[Throne|kingship]] descended from [[Anu|heaven]], the kingship was in Eridu."''|''[[Sumerian King List]] (SKL)''}}
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|[[Alulim]]<br>𒀉𒇻𒅆
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|[[King of Sumer]]<hr>[[Lugal|King]] of Eridu
|{{fl.|{{c.|2874 BC}}}}<br><small>(28800–67200 years)</small>
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*Is mentioned in the ''[[Weld-Blundell Prism]] (W-B 44)'' version of the ''SKL'' (this version of the ''SKL'' was most likely written ''[[tempore|temp.]]'' of [[Suen-magir]] {{circa|1800 BC}})
*Said on the ''SKL'' to have held the title of, ''"[[lugal|King]]"'' of not just Eridu; but, to have held the ''"[[Hegemony|Kingship]]"'' over ''all'' of Sumer
*The ''Uruk List of Kings and Sages (ULKS)'' version of the ''SKL'' pairs him up with an [[apkallu]] (an apkallu was a [[Sage (philosophy)|sage]] in [[Sumerian literature]] and [[Sumerian religion|religion]]—the first apkallu was named [[Adapa]] and he was paired up with Alulim; additionally, Adapa has been compared with the [[Biblical]] figure [[Adam]])
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|[[File:Initial paragraph about rule of Alulim in Eridu for 28800 years (photograph, transcription and translation).jpg|128px]]
|[[Alalngar]]<br>𒀉𒋭𒃻
|Brother of Alulim (?)
|King of Sumer<hr>King of Eridu
|{{reign|single=c. 2866 BC|show=lword}}<br><small>(36000 years)</small>
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*Historicity uncertain
*Is mentioned in the ''[[Dynastic Chronicle]]'' version of the ''SKL'' (this version of the ''SKL'' was most likely written ''temp.'' of [[Nabonassar]] {{circa|740 BC}})
*The ''ULKS'' (written {{circa|165 BC}}) pairs him up with an apkallu (Uanduga)
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|colspan="7"align="left"|{{blockquote|''"2 kings; they ruled for 64800 years. Then Eridu fell and the kingship was taken to [[Bad-tibira#List of rulers|Bad-tibira]]."''|''SKL''}}
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|Amelon<br>𒁹𒄠𒈨𒇻𒀭𒈾
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|King of Sumer<hr>King of Eridu
|{{reign|single=c. 2900|era=BC}}<br><small>(46800 years)</small>
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*Historicity uncertain
*Is mentioned in [[Berossus]]’ version of the ''SKL'' (the ''[[Babyloniaca (Berossus)|Babyloniaca]]'' was written {{circa|290 BC}})
*The ''ULKS'' pairs him up with an apkallu (Enmeduga)
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