Larak (Sumer)

Larak (or Larag, Sumerian:𒆷𒊏𒀝𒆠, LA-RA-AKKI) was a city in Sumer (modern Iraq) that appears in some versions of the Sumerian King List as the third of five cities to exercise kingship in the antediluvian era.[1] The only king of Larak to be mentioned in the SKL is En-sipad-zid-ana. The city is also mentioned in the Lament for Ur. The city has not yet been identified archaeologically, but a location to the east of Kish and near Isin has been suggested.[2] Its patron deity was Pabilsag, a Ninurta-like warrior god additionally associated with judgment, medicine and the underworld, usually portrayed as the husband of Ninisina.[2] A Larak is mentioned in writings of Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian times but it is not certain if this is the same city.

References
  1. "The Sumerian king list: translation". etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. "Pabilsag (god)". oracc.museum.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

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