The Sumerian King List (abbreviated as SKL and also known as Chronicle of the One Monarchy) is an ancient Sumerian document whose earliest version is dated to Mesopotamia's Ur III period (circa 2112 to circa 2004 BCE) relating how kingship was first established and how it was passed on from city to city from Eridu to the Dynasty of Isin (circa 1953 to circa 1717 BCE) and its contemporary, the Dynasty of Larsa (circa 1961 to circa 1674 BCE).
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c. 2112 BCE - c. 2004 BCESumerian King List written during the Ur III period in Mesopotamia.
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c. 1800 BCEComposition of the Weld-Blundell Prism version of the Sumerian King List - the most complete version extant.
