Meskalamdug

thumb|upright=1.35|Golden helmet of Meskalamdug, at time of excavation

Key facts

Royalty.reign: c. 2550 BC
Royalty.name: Meskalamdug
Royalty.title: King of Kish
Royalty.image: Golden helmet of Meskalamdug in the British Museum.jpg
Royalty.caption: Meskalamdug helmet, British Museum electrotype copy, original is in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. The holes around the border suggest that another piece was normally affixed, as for example in the full mask attributed to Sargon of Akkad. The hairbun attached at the back of the head is visible in other rulers as well, such as Sargon or Eannatum in the Stele of the Vultures.
Royalty.succession: King of Ur
Royalty.predecessor: Possibly Ur-Pabilsag
Royalty.successor: Possibly Akalamdug
Royalty.issue: Mesannepada
Royalty.royal house: First Dynasty of Ur

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Royal seal
Mari bead
Tomb of Meskalamdug (PG 755)
Tomb artifacts (tomb PG 755)
An alternative: the "King's grave" (tomb PG 789)
See also
References
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thumb|upright=1.35|Golden helmet of Meskalamdug, at time of excavation

Meskalamdug (, Meskalamdùg [mes-KALAM-du10] "hero of the good land"; ) was an early Sumerian ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian King List, but is known from a royal cylinder seal found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, a royal bead inscription found in Mari, both mentioning him as King, and possibly his tomb, grave PG 755 at the Royal Cemetery at Ur.

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