| Kikkia | |
|---|---|
| King of Assur | |
| Reign | c. 2030 BC |
Kikkia (sometimes given asKikkiya), inscribedmKi-ik-ki-a[i 1][i 2] (fl. c. 2030 BC) was according to theAssyrian King List (AKL) the 28th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria'searly period during the 21st century BC. He is listed within a section of the AKL as the second out of the six, "kings whose eponyms are not known."[1][2] As all the other early rulers listed in the king list and unattested elsewhere, there is dispute among scholars as to whether Kikkia was a real historical figure.[3]
Apart from his appearance in two copies of the Assyrian King List (the Khorsabad and SDAS copies, but not the Nassouhi one which is damaged at the top where he might have appeared), he is only known from two building inscriptions of his successors, moreover; the earliest of these is that ofAshur-rim-nisheshu (c. 1398 BC — c. 1391 BC), who commemorated his reconstruction of the wall of the inner-city of Assur by listing the previous restorers on acommemorative cone,[i 3] (beginning with Kikkia.) The later king,Shalmaneser II, restored this wall and gave credit to his predecessor in his inscription.[4] The erection of a defensive wall suggests that Kikkia may have won his independence from the waning influence ofUr. An earlier Assyrianšakkanakkum (KIŠ.NITA2) chief magistrate and ruler of Assur,Zariqum, who had been omitted from the extant copies of the Assyrian King Lists, had been a contemporary and vassal ofShulgi andAmar-Sin,[5] so one would suppose that Kikkia must have reigned after this time. Arthur Ungnad interpreted Kikkia's name, and that ofUshpia, as being that of theHurrian language (BA VI, 5, S. 13), but more recent research no longer holds this thesis as tenable, and Arno Poebel was not convinced by the interpretation.[6]
| Preceded by | King of Assur c. 2030 BC | Succeeded by |
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