Dudu
"Dudu the Great King of Akkad"
๐’บ๐’บ ๐’•๐’ˆ ๐’ˆ— ๐’€€๐’‚ต๐’‰ˆ๐’† 
du-du da-num lugal a-ga-de3{ki}
on an alabaster vase fragment, Louvre Museum AO 6773.[1]
King of the Akkadian Empire
Reignc. 2189  BC โ€“ 2169  BC
PredecessorIlulu
SuccessorShu-turul
IssueShu-turul

Dudu (Sumerian: ๐’บ๐’บ, du-du) was a 22nd-century BC king of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned for 21 years c. 2189-2169 BC according to the Sumerian king list. Unlike his two predecessors Naram-Sin and Shar-Kali-Sharri he was not deified.[2]

Biography

He became king after a period of apparent anarchy that had followed the death of Shar-Kali-Sharri.[3] The king list mentions four other figures who had been competing for the throne during a three-year period after Sharkalisharri's death. There are no other surviving records referencing any of these competitors, but a few artifacts with inscriptions confirming Dudu's rule over a reduced Akkadian Empire. Given activity at Umma and Girsu, and at Apiak whose location is unknown but which lay near the Tigris river to the East of Nippur, the Akkadian Empire maintained some level of control to the south at least. The find of a seal at Adab, lying further East that Apiak, of a servant of Dudu supports this view.[4] His inscriptions present him simply as "King of Akkad":

"Dudu the mighty, king of Agade: Amar-ลกuba the scribe (is) his servant."

โ€”โ€ŠSeal inscription of Amar-ลกuba found at Bismaya.[5][6]

He also seems to have campaigned against former Akkadian subjects to the south, including Girsu, Umma (where the governor of Lagash appointed by Shar-Kali-Sharri, Puzer-Mama, had declared independence at the end of that rule) and possibly Elam.[7][8] One inscription relates directly to his destruction of Girsu:

"To {d}inanna Iลกtar, Dudu, king of Agade, when Girsu he smote, from the booty of Girsu he dedicated it."

โ€”โ€ŠNippur fragment of Dudu.[5][9]

An alabaster vase in the Louvre Museum, since the year 2000,[10][11] has the following inscription:[12]

Alabaster vase of Dudu of Akkad, Louvre Museum AO 31549.[13][14]

๐’บ๐’บ ๐’•๐’ˆ ๐’ˆ— ๐’€€๐’‚ต๐’‰ˆ๐’†  ๐’€€๐’ˆพ ๐’€ญ๐’ŠŠ๐’€•๐’ƒฒ ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’€๐’†  ๐’€€๐’ˆฌ๐’Š’ du-du da-num lugal a-ga-de3{ki} a-na {d}ne3-iri11-gal a-pi5-ak{ki} a mu-ru

"Dudu, the Great king of Akkad, for Nergal of Apiak has dedicated this"

โ€”โ€ŠVase of Dudu, King of Akkad, circa 2170 BC. Louvre Museum, AO 31549[5][15][16]

Dudu was succeeded by his son Shu-turul per the king list, who became the last known king of the Akkadian Empire. It has been suggested that a known high official in the Late Akkadian period, Iลกarum, was another son of Dudu. In inscriptions he calls himself "Iลกarum, son of Dudu" and calls on the tutelary gods of the Akkadian Empire, Istar and Ilaba.[17]

See also

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