In the Sumerian King List:

 - Etana is the ancient Sumerian king of the city of Kish. According to the Sumerian king list, he reigned after the deluge.
 
 - Etana is the "the shepherd, who ascended to heaven and consolidated all the foreign countries".

[Compare Nimrod and his earthly kingdom.The 1st Kingdom on earth.
Nimrod builds a ziggurat to ascend to heaven.
See genesis Chapter 9, Chapter 10.

Nimrod is here understood to refer to a Kingdom.]

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Is Etana Sumerian or otherwise?

Etana is from an early period, so he could be an "ancestor king". 

Etana could be from a period before Sumerian civilization, but remembered by the Sumerians.

So Etana could be an Ethiopian king or correspond to an Ethiopian kingdom.


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