Dumuzid, the Shepherd

Dumuzid, the Shepherd

:"Not to be confused with Dumuzid, the Fisherman

Dumuzid, "the Shepherd", from Bad-tibira in Sumer, was the 5th pre-dynastic king on the Sumerian king list (before ca. 2900 BC).

He is considered a precursor to the Babylonian god Tammuz.

ee also

*History of Sumer
*Bad-tibira
*Sumerian king list
*Mesopotamian mythology

External links

* [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=c.1.4*# ETCSL - Texts and translations of Dumuzid myths] ( [http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/catalogue1.htm#inana-dumuzi alternate site] )

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