Ikunum
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1934–1921 BC[1]
PredecessorErishum I
SuccessorSargon I
IssueSargon I
FatherIlu-shuma

Ikunum (Akkadian: 𒄿𒆪𒉡𒌝, romanized: I-ku-nu-um) was a king of Assyria c. 1934–1921 BC and the son of Ilushuma. He built a temple for the god Ninkigal.[2] He strengthened the fortifications of the city of Assur and maintained commercial colonies in Asia Minor.[3] The following is a list of the sixteen annually-elected limmu officials from the year of accession of Ikunum until the year of his death.[4]

  • 1934 BC Buzi son of Adad-rabi
  • 1933 BC Šuli son of Šalmah
  • 1932 BC Iddin-Suen son of Šalmah
  • 1931 BC Ikunum son of Šudaya
  • 1930 BC Dan-Wer son of Ahu-ahi
  • 1929 BC Šu-Anum from Nerabtim
  • 1928 BC Il-massu son of Aššur-ṭab
  • 1927 BC Šu-Hubur son of Šuli
  • 1926 BC Idua son of Ṣulili
  • 1925 BC Laqip son of Puzur-Laba
  • 1924 BC Šu-Anum the hapirum
  • 1923 BC Uku son of Bila
  • 1922 BC Aššur-malik son of Panaka
  • 1921 BC Dan-Aššur son of Puzur-Wer

Notes

  1. ↑ Chen, Fei (2020). "Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings". Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur. Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-9004430914.
  2. ↑ Rogers, Robert (2003). A History of Babylonia and Assyria. Lost Arts Media. ISBN 978-1-59016-317-7.
  3. ↑ Bertman, Stephen (2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford UP. p. 88.
  4. ↑ Cahit Günbattı, An Eponym List (KEL G) from Kültepe Altoriental. Forsch. 35 (2008) 1, 103-132.

References

  • Bertman, Stephen (2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford UP.
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