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Tirigan

r. c. 2120 BCE · 22nd century BCE

Tirigan was the last Gutian king listed in the Sumerian King List, said to have reigned for only forty days. Around 2119 BCE Utu-hengal of Uruk defeated his army; Tirigan fled to the town of Dubrum, where he was seized and handed over, ending Gutian rule in southern Mesopotamia. The victory is recorded in Utu-hengal's own inscription.

Tirigan
Image: François Thureau-Dangin (3 January 1872 in Paris – 24 January 1944 in Paris) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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UrukMilitary, Summary

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Gutian rule

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