Mesilim
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Mesilim, also spelled Mesalim, was lugal (king) of the Sumerian city-state of Kish.
Head of a votive mace with a lion-headed eagle (emblem of god Ningirsu) and six lions, dedicated at a shrine in Girsu by King Mesilim of Kish. Inscription in archaic script: โMesilim, king of Kish, builder of the temple of Ningirsu, brought [this mace head] for Ningirsu, Lugalshaengur [being] prince of Lagashโ. Louvre Museum.
Image: Mace head of Mesilim Louvre AO2349
Mesilim macehead at time of discovery
Mesilim macehead with inscription Mesilim Lugal Kish (๐จ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ง), "Mesilim, King of Kish".
Lugal
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Lugal is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, lรบ "๐ฝ" is "man" and gal "๐ฒ" is "great", or "big."
Detail of the Sumerian statue of Lugal-dalu, King of Adab โ as stated in the inscription of circa mid-3rd millennium BC, inscription including the Sumerian cuneiform sign of lugal
"Lugal" in archaic and early cuneiform on the Lugal-dalu statue
Evolution of anthropomorphic cuneiforms, Lugal appears in the right columns.