Ikunum

Ikunum (Akkadian: 𒄿𒆪𒉡, translit. I-ku-nu) was a king of Assyria between 1867 BC – 1860 BC and the son of Ilushuma. He built a temple for the god Ninkigal.[1] He strengthened the fortifications of the city of Assur and maintained commercial colonies in Asia Minor.[2] 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.[3] BC dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-IÅ¡tar:[4]

  • 1920 BC Buzi son of Adad-rabi
  • 1919 BC Å uli son of Å almah
  • 1918 BC Iddin-Suen son of Å almah
  • 1917 BC Ikunum son of Å udaya
  • 1916 BC Dan-Wer son of Ahu-ahi
  • 1915 BC Å u-Anum from Nerabtim
  • 1914 BC Il-massu son of AÅ¡Å¡ur-á¹­ab
  • 1913 BC Å u-Hubur son of Å uli
  • 1912 BC Idua son of á¹¢ulili
  • 1911 BC Laqip son of Puzur-Laba
  • 1910 BC Å u-Anum the hapirum
  • 1909 BC Uku son of Bila
  • 1908 BC AÅ¡Å¡ur-malik son of Panaka
  • 1907 BC Dan-AÅ¡Å¡ur son of Puzur-Wer
  • 1906 BC Å u-Kubum son of Ahu-ahi
  • 1905 BC IriÅ¡um son of Iddin-AÅ¡Å¡ur

Notes

  1. ↑ Rogers, Robert (2003). A History of Babylonia and Assyria. Lost Arts Media. ISBN 978-1-59016-317-7.
  2. ↑ Bertman, Stephen (2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford UP. p. 88.
  3. ↑ Cahit Günbattı, An Eponym List (KEL G) from Kültepe Altoriental. Forsch. 35 (2008) 1, 103-132.
  4. ↑ C. Michel, Nouvelles données pour la chronologie du IIᵉ millénaire, NABU 2002, Nr. 20, 17f.

References

  • Bertman, Stephen (2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford UP.
Preceded by
Erishum I		 Išši’ak Aššur
c. 1867 BC — c. 1860 BC		 Succeeded by
Sargon I
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