Utu-hengal | |
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King of Uruk | |
Reign | c. 2119 BC – 2112 BC
c. 2055 BC – 2048 BC (Short Chronology) |
Predecessor | Tirigan (Gutian Dynasty) Nam-mahani (Second Dynasty of Lagash) |
Successor | Ur-Nammu (Third dynasty of Ur) |
Dynasty | 5th Dynasty of Uruk |
Utu-hengal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒌓𒃶𒅅, Dutu-ḫe₂-g̃al₂), also written Utu-heg̃al, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his son-in-law Ur-Nammu. He was officially "King of Uruk" in his inscriptions, and is therefore considered as the founder, and only member, of the "Fifth dynasty of Uruk" (Uruk V).[1][2]