Ikunum

Ikunum
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reign	c. 1934–1921 BC[1]
Predecessor	Erishum I
Successor	Sargon I
Issue	Sargon I Ashur-imitti
Father	Erishum I

Ikunum (Akkadian: 𒄿𒆪𒉡𒌝, romanized: I-ku-nu-um) was a king of Assyria c. 1934–1921 BC. He was the son and successor of Erishum I.[2] He built a temple for the god Ninkigal.[3] He strengthened the fortifications of the city of Assur and maintained commercial colonies in Asia Minor.[4] 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.[5]

• 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

Ikunum was succeeded by his son, Sargon I. He had at least one more son, Ashur-imitti, mentioned in one of his inscriptions.[2]

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. Grayson, A. Kirk (1968). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: From the beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 41–46. ISBN 9783447013826. OCLC 584578.
3. Rogers, Robert (2003). A History of Babylonia and Assyria. Lost Arts Media. ISBN 978-1-59016-317-7.
4. Bertman, Stephen (2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford UP. p. 88.
5. 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.

Preceded by Erishum I

Išši’ak Aššur 1934–1921 BC

Succeeded by Sargon I