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{{distinguish|text=Akkadian ruler [[Ilulu]]}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Elulu<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒂊𒇻𒇻}}}}
| image        = Standard of Ur - feast.jpg
| image_size   = 300
| caption      = King at peace, with attendants, from the [[Standard of Ur]]
| succession   = [[First Dynasty of Ur|King of Ur]]
| reign        = c. 2445 BC
| predecessor  = Possibly [[Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna]]
| successor    = Possibly [[Balulu]]
| royal house  = [[First Dynasty of Ur]]
}}
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'''Elulu''' ({{langx|sux|{{cuneiform|𒂊𒇻𒇻}}}}, {{Transliteration|sux|e-lu-lu}}; {{fl.|{{circa}} 2445 BC}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Sumerian Dictionary |url=http://oracc.iaas.upenn.edu/epsd2/cbd/sux/E.html |website=oracc.iaas.upenn.edu |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035410/http://oracc.iaas.upenn.edu/epsd2/cbd/sux/E.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> is listed as the third king of the [[First Dynasty of Ur]] on the ''[[Sumer]]ian [[Sumerian king list|king list]]'', which states he reigned for 25 years.<ref>[[Thorkild Jacobsen]], ''The Sumerian King List'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp.&nbsp;94f</ref>

One early inscription for an "Elulu (or Elili), king of Ur" was found at nearby [[Eridu]], stating that this king had built up the ''[[abzu]]'' ziggurat for [[Enki]].<ref>Sollberger, Edmond, and Jean-Robert Kupper, "Inscriptions royales sumeriennese akkadiennes", Littératures Anciennes du Proche-Orient 3, Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1971</ref>

Some scholars have further connected Elulu with the "Elilina" who was said to be the father of the later king [[Enshakushanna]] of [[Uruk]], but this theory is uncertain, owing to chronological difficulties. The inscription states that Enshakushanna's father was "Elilina", possibly King Elulu of Ur:<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=C. J. Gadd|author2-link=I. E. S. Edwards|author3-link=N. G. L. Hammond|last1=Gadd |first1=C. J. |last2=Edwards |first2=I. E. S. |last3=Hammond |first3=N. G. L. |title=The Cambridge Ancient History |date=1970 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-07051-5 |pages=223, 237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMoF0SbMKd4C&pg=PA223 |language=en}}</ref>

{{blockquote|[[File:Dedication tablet by King Enshakushanna, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Erm 14375.jpg|thumb|left|Dedication tablet by King Enshakushanna, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Erm 14375 (reconstitution)<ref name="RhM2s">{{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P222884 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}</ref>]]<br>
{{cuneiform|𒀭𒇽𒆪𒊏 / 𒂗𒊮𒊨𒀭𒈾 /𒂗 𒆠𒂗𒄀 / 𒈗 𒌦𒈣 / 𒌉𒂍𒇷𒇷𒈾 / 𒂍𒉌𒈬𒈾𒆕}}<br>
''<sup>[[Dingir|D]]</sup>LU2-KU-ra / en-sha3-kush2-an-na / en ki-en-gi / lugal kalam-ma / dumu e2-li-li-na#? / e2-ni mu-na-du3''<br>
"For ... (unknown god): Enshakushanna, lord of Sumer and king of all the land, son of Elilina, built the temple for Him."|Dedication tablet by King Enshakushanna, [[State Hermitage Museum]], St. Petersburg, Erm 14375.<ref name="RhM2s" /><ref>{{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P431230 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}</ref>}}

== References ==
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==See also==
*[[History of Sumer]]

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{{Succession box
| before = Possibly [[Mesh-ki-ang-Nanna]]
| title = [[Ensí|Ensi]] of [[Ur]]
| years = c. 2445 BC
| after = Possibly [[Balulu]]
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{{Rulers of Sumer}}
[[Category:25th-century BC Sumerian kings]]
[[Category:First Dynasty of Ur]]
[[Category:3rd-millennium BC births]]
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