Utu-hengal

Utu-hengal
Utu-Hegal, Prince of the Sumerian city of Uruk, praying for victory against the Gutian king Tirigan. 19th century illustration.
King of Uruk
Reignc. 2119 – c. 2112 BC
PredecessorTirigan (Gutian Dynasty)
Nam-mahani (Second Dynasty of Lagash)
SuccessorUr-Nammu (Third dynasty of Ur)
Diedc. 2112 BC
Dynasty5th Dynasty of Uruk

Utu-hengal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒌓𒃶𒅅, Dutu-ḫe₂-g̃al₂; died c. 2112 BC), also written Utu-heg̃al, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his governor of Ur, Ur-Nammu. He was officially "King of Uruk" in his inscriptions, and is therefore considered as the founder, and only member, of the "Fifth Dynasty of Uruk" (Uruk V).

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