Arwium Knowpia

Arwium of Kish was the twelfth Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish, according to the Sumerian king list. His father was Mashda, the previous ruler.^[1] Like the other members of the First dynasty prior to Etana, he was named for an animal; his name "Arwium" is Akkadian for "male gazelle".^[2] Arwium is unlikely to have existed as his name does not appear on texts dating from the period in which he was presumed to have lived (Early Dynastic period).^[3]

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^ Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 80f
^ Jacobsen, Sumerian King List, p. 80 n.60
^ Marchesi, Gianni (2010). "The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia". M. G. Biga - M. Liverani (eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente - Quaderno 5; Roma): 231–248.

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Preceded by Mashda	King of Sumer (probably fictional)	Succeeded by Etana
Preceded by Mashda	Ensi of Kish (probably fictional)	Succeeded by Etana

[1] Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 80f

[2] Jacobsen, Sumerian King List, p. 80 n.60

[:12-3] Marchesi, Gianni (2010). "The Sumerian King List and the Early History of Mesopotamia". M. G. Biga - M. Liverani (eds.), ana turri gimilli: Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer, S. J., da amici e allievi (Vicino Oriente - Quaderno 5; Roma): 231–248.

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