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Meskalamdug

c. 2600–2500 BCE · 26th century BCE

Meskalamdug was a ruler of Ur around 2600–2500 BCE, known from finds in the Royal Cemetery excavated by Leonard Woolley. A grave holding his name yielded a celebrated helmet beaten from a single sheet of gold in the form of a wig, now in the Iraq Museum. A seal names him as king, and he may have been the father of Mesannepadda, founder of the First Dynasty of Ur.

Meskalamdug
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Meskalamdug. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/meskalamdug
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