The four sides, about 10cm tall are inscribed in the Sumerian language with lists of Sumerian kings; each side contains the text in two columns.

The Sumerian kings and later the Assyrians hunted half men, half animals-possibly just for diversion.

He ruled from a new, but as yet archaeologically unidentified capital, Akkad, which the Sumerian king list claims he built (or possibly renovated).

That was the fear of the Sumerian kings and certain high priests.

Be glad your mother-in-law is not an early Sumerian king.

Lugalanda (also Lugal-anda) was a Sumerian king of Lagash during the 24th century BC.

The number of years each Sumerian king reigned, as Dwight Young has pointed out, is often a square number or the sum of squares.

Urukagina - Sumerian king and creator of what is sometimes cited as the first example of a legal code in recorded history.

About a century later, the Sumerian king, Shulgi of Ur retook the city of Susa and the surrounding region.

The earliest known Sumerian king whose name appears on contemporary cuneiform tablets is Enmebaragesi of Kish.