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Enmerkar
Enmerkar was a legendary king of Uruk, listed in the Sumerian King List and remembered in Sumerian epic poems as a son of the sun god Utu. The poem Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta describes his contest with the distant land of Aratta for precious stones and credits him with inventing writing on clay to send his messages. No contemporary inscription of his has been found.
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