Talk:Gungunum

Chronological sorting issue
So for the list of rulers under Larsa in the Kings of Isin-Larsa template at the bottom of this article, currently it shows:


 * Naplanum
 * Emisum
 * Samium
 * Zabaia
 * Gungunum
 * Abisare

Gungunum's reign is given as 1932 to 1906 BC (middle chronology acc. to the footnote). His predecessor in the list (Zabaia) ruled from 1877 to 1868 BC (short chronology) and the successor (Abisare) ruled from 1841 to 1830 BC (short chronology).

If we subtract 64 from both dates for Gungunum (following the pattern of the formula given on the short chronology WP page), we get 1868 and 1842, which would be short chronology dates and would but him properly in between Zabaia and Abisare; so it looks like he is correctly placed, but I wanted to ask if it's appropriate to add short chronology dates into the article for Gungunum itself; this would add clarity and help align with other articles that use both chronologies. Suggestions welcome--FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:50, 15 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Another problem, however, is that if we keep the middle chronology dates in the Gungunum article, it appears he is a 20th century BC ruler and not a 19th century one as his predecessor and successor are, according to the short chronology... is it better to leave things as they are or align the others to the middle chronology, which is more academically accepted?

I have also put this section in the talk page of the template

--FeanorStar7 (talk) 12:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC)