page_title: Meskalamdug
hierarchical_section_title: Meskalamdug
caption_attribution_description: English: Golden helmet of Meskalamdug in the British Museum
context_page_description: Meskalamdug 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 inscriptions found in Mari, both mentioning him as King, and possibly his tomb, grave PG 755 at the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
  It has been suggested that Puabi may have been his second queen.
context_section_description: Meskalamdug (𒈩𒌦𒄭, mes-ug-du10, MES-KALAM-DUG "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 inscriptions found in Mari, both mentioning him as King, and possibly his tomb, grave PG 755 at the Royal Cemetery at Ur. 
  It has been suggested that Puabi may have been his second queen.
caption: Meskalamdug helmet, British Museum electrotype copy, original is (or was...) in the Iraq Museum, Bagdad. 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.
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