If the clay at Abu Ghraib is playing coy with your dates, it’s probably not the stratigraphy that’s shifting Lugalzagesi, it’s your chronology. Stratigraphic layers usually stick to the sediment, not to a revised king‑list. Unless you have a new marker horizon in the Abu Ghraib sequence that linearly matches the ten‑year jump, I’d call it a suspect edit. Double‑check the radiocarbon dates on the pottery from those layers—if they don’t back up the shift, you’re probably dealing with a misdated tablet. And don’t forget, the Sumerian King List was a political statement, not a precise calendar. So be cautious before you rewrite history.