George 2003, p.101: "The great list of kings of Sumer and Akkad was, in the form that we know it, compiled early in the second millennium, from sources already current, to legitimize the kings of Isin as the successors of the Ur III dynasty."
Young, Dwight.«Noah». A: Encyclopaedia Judaica. 15. 2nd,2007,p.287–291. ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. OCLC123527471.«The earliest Mesopotamian flood account, written in the Sumerian language, calls the deluge hero Ziusudra, which is thought to carry the connotation “he who laid hold on life of distant days.”»
Young, Dwight.«Noah». A: Encyclopaedia Judaica. 15. 2nd,2007,p.287–291. ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. OCLC123527471.«The earliest Mesopotamian flood account, written in the Sumerian language, calls the deluge hero Ziusudra, which is thought to carry the connotation “he who laid hold on life of distant days.”»