page_title: Mesannepada
section_title: Sumerian King List
hierarchical_section_title: Mesannepada / Filiation / Sumerian King List
caption_attribution_description: English: Sumerian King List, 1800 BC, Larsa, Iraq (detail)
context_page_description: Mesannepada, Mesh-Ane-pada or Mes-Anne-pada was the first king listed for the First Dynasty of Ur on the Sumerian king list. He is listed to have ruled for 80 years, having overthrown Lugal-kitun of Uruk: "Then Unug was defeated and the kingship was taken to Urim". In one of his seals, found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, he is also described as king of Kish.
context_section_description: Mesannepada appears in the Sumerian King List, as the first ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur, and is credited with a reign of 80 years. His successors are also named:
  "... Uruk with weapons was struck down, the kingship to Ur was carried off. In Ur Mesannepada was king, 80 years he ruled; Meskiagnun, son of Mesannepada, was king, 36 years he ruled; Elulu, 25 years he ruled; Balulu, 36 years he ruled; 4 kings, the years: 171(?) they ruled. Ur with weapons was struck down; the kingship to Awan was carried off.
  — Sumerian King List, 137-147.
caption: Mesannepada appears in the Sumerian King List, as the first ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "1583", "Image ImageLength": "2894", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "PaintShop Pro 20,00", "Image InterColorProfile": "[]", "Image ExifOffset": "110", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "3434", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7093", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1583", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2894"}