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King Shuruppak

circa 2600 BCE
The Wise King
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30 Phil, Chapter 2: Shuruppak and Paternal Wisdom
Sumerian civilization consisted of over 30 city-states, among which Ur and Shuruppak were among the more prominent. We know about King Shuruppak from the Sumerian King List, an ancient text where he appears as the last king before a great flood.

Pictured is the Ziggurat of Ur, about 70 miles from Shuruppak. The city of Shuruppak had a similar one.

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King Shuruppak.

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Subject: Sumerian Tradition.
King Shuruppak lived about 2600 BCE, authored the Instructions of Shuruppak, and was the father of Ziusudra, the character in the original Sumerian version of the great flood which preceded Noah’s Ark by many centuries.

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