 He was the son of En-men-dur-ana, a Sumerian mythological figure often compared to Enoch, as he entered heaven without dying.Ubara-Tutu was the king of Sumer until a flood swept over his land, like Emperor Yao and Methuselah.After the deluge, the kingship was reestablished in the northern city of Kish, according to the Sumerian king list.