to Nergal. Elsewhere the explusion of insects is the domain of the deities Ninkilim and Ennugi, and it is not known how Alulim came to function as a similar figure. The same texts also state that he was believed to enjoy milk, ghee and beer, but could not stand “queen Nisaba”, here a metonym for grain. In late tradition, Adapa came to be viewed as Alulim’s vizier. It was believed that he provided the king with wisdom on behalf of the god Ea. Piotr Steinkeller based on the connection between them suggests Alulim could himself be viewed as a sagacious Adapa-like figure, though he admits no sources provide information about the perception of his character in Mesopotamian tradition. The association between Alulim and Adapa is attested in lists of rulers and corresponding sages known from the Hellenistic period, and additionally in an earlier damaged text from Sultantepe labeled as a letter from Adapa to Alulim, following a convention of so-called “scribal letters”. However, a distinct tradition instead placed Adapa in the times of another mythical king, Enmerkar. Proposed influence on other mythical figures Eckhart Frahm has tentatively suggested that it is possible that the vowel pattern in the alternate form of Alulim’s name, Alulu, influenced the formation of the name Pazuzu. A reference to Alulu occurs in a broken context in a heavily damaged Middle Assyrian (or later) text from Assur which might link him to Pazuzu, if the restoration of the latter name is correct, though due to the state of preservation the contents are presently impossible to interpret. Mary R. Bachvarova notes that in the Hurrian Song of Birth, the primordial deity Alalu who appears as the original “king in heaven” (king of the gods) bears a name similar to Alulim’s. She suggests that this text might have been influenced by the Sumerian King List, with the reigns of the early rulers of the gods being patterned on the traditions pertaining to early Mesopotamian legendary kings. Later relevance A Greek version of Alulim’s name, Aloros (), is known from citations from Berossus’ Babyloniaca preserved in the works of authors such as Eusebius and Syncellus. Berossus’ account of early kings depended on the tradition known from Sumerian King List. He states that Aloros reigned for 36000 years and was succeeded by Alaparos (), presumed to be an adaptation of Alalgar. His writings were later partially euhemerized by Annianus, who