Sargon I
| Sargon I | |
|---|---|
| Issi'ak Assur | |
 | |
| King of Assur | |
| Reign | c. 1920–1881 BC[2] |
| Predecessor | Ikunum |
| Successor | Puzur-Ashur II |
| Issue | Puzur-Ashur II |
| Father | Ikunum |
Sargon I was the king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") during the Old Assyrian period from c. 1920 BC to 1881 BC.
Reign
[edit]On the Assyrian King List, Sargon appears as the son and successor of Ikunum, and the father and predecessor of Puzur-Ashur II.
The name “Sargon” (also transcribed as Šarru-kīn I and Sharru-ken I) means “the king is legitimate” in the Akkadian language.[3] Sargon I might have been named after Sargon of Akkad,[4] perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigious Dynasty of Akkad.
Sargon I is known for his work refortifying Assur.[5] Very little is otherwise known about Sargon I.[4]
Limmu Year-names
[edit]The following is a list of the 41 annually-elected limmu officials from the year of accession of Sargon I until the year of his death.[6] Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the solar eclipse recorded in the limmu of Puzur-Ishtar:
1920 BC Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur
1919 BC Aššur-malik son of Agatum
1918 BC Aššur-malik son of Enania
1917 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada
1916 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu
1915 BC Puzur-Ištar son of Sabasia
1914 BC Pišaḫ-Ili son of Adin
1913 BC Asqudum son of Lapiqum
1912 BC Ili-pilaḫ son of Damqum
1911 BC Qulali
1910 BC Susaya
1909 BC Amaya the Weaponer
1908 BC Ipḫurum son of Ili-ellat
1907 BC Kudanum son of Laqipum
1906 BC Ili-bani son of Ikunum
1905 BC Šu-Kubum son of Susaya
1904 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Aššur
1903 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen
1902 BC Šu-Ištar son of Šukutum
1901 BC Bazia son of Šepa-lim
1900 BC Šu-Ištar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)
1899 BC Abia son of Šu-Dagan
1898 BC Salia son of Šabakuranum
1897 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum
1896 BC Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar
1895 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum
1894 BC Iddin-Aššur son of Kubidi
1893 BC Šudaya son of Ennanum
1892 BC Al-ṭab son of Pilaḫ-Aššur
1891 BC Aššur-dammiq son of Abarsisum
1890 BC Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen
1889 BC Amur-Aššur son of Karria
1888 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen
1887 BC Šu-Ḫubur son of Elali
1886 BC Ilšu-rabi son of Bazia
1885 BC Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili
1884 BC Ṭab-Aššur son of Suḫarum
1883 BC Elali son of Ikunum
1882 BC Iddin-abum son of Narbitum
1881 BC Adad-bani son of Iddin-Aššur
1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
References
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