| Sargon I | |
|---|---|
| Issi'ak Assur | |
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| King of Assyria | |
| Reign | c. 1921 – c. 1881 BC[2] |
| Predecessor | Ikunum |
| Successor | Puzur-Ashur II |
| Died | c. 1881 BC |
| Issue | Puzur-Ashur II |
| Father | Ikunum |
Sargon I was theking (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward ofAssur"; diedc. 1881 BC) during theOld Assyrian period fromc. 1921 BC to 1881 BC.
On theAssyrian King List, Sargon appears as the son and successor ofIkunum, and the father and predecessor ofPuzur-Ashur II.
The name "Sargon" (also transcribed asŠarru-kīn I andSharru-ken I) means "the king is legitimate" inAkkadian.[3] Sargon I might have been named afterSargon of Akkad,[4] both Akkad and Assyria being Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states, perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigiousDynasty of Akkad in a similar way toNaram-Sin of Assyria likely being named after the Akkadian king of the same name.
Sargon I is known for his work refortifyingAssur, the Assyrian capital.[5] Very little is otherwise yet known about Sargon I, although he presided over Assyria's trading colonies (Karum) in southeastAnatolia, the most prominent beingKanish (modernKultepe), where hislimmu lists have been uncovered.[4]
The following is a list of the 41 annually-elected limmu officials from the year of accession of Sargon I until the year of his death.[6] Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for thesolar eclipse recorded in thelimmu of Puzur-Ishtar:
1920 BC Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur
1919 BC Aššur-malik son of Agatum
1918 BC Aššur-malik son of Enania
1917 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada
1916 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu
1915 BC Puzur-Ištar son of Sabasia
1914 BC Pišaḫ-Ili son of Adin
1913 BC Asqudum son of Lapiqum
1912 BC Ili-pilaḫ son of Damqum
1911 BC Qulali
1910 BC Susaya
1909 BC Amaya the Weaponer
1908 BC Ipḫurum son of Ili-ellat
1907 BC Kudanum son of Laqipum
1906 BC Ili-bani son of Ikunum
1905 BC Šu-Kubum son of Susaya
1904 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Aššur
1903 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen
1902 BC Šu-Ištar son of Šukutum
1901 BC Bazia son of Šepa-lim
1900 BC Šu-Ištar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)
1899 BC Abia son of Šu-Dagan
1898 BC Salia son of Šabakuranum
1897 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum
1896 BC Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar
1895 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum
1894 BC Iddin-Aššur son of Kubidi
1893 BC Šudaya son of Ennanum
1892 BC Al-ṭab son of Pilaḫ-Aššur
1891 BC Aššur-dammiq son of Abarsisum
1890 BC Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen
1889 BC Amur-Aššur son of Karria
1888 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen
1887 BC Šu-Ḫubur son of Elali
1886 BC Ilšu-rabi son of Bazia
1885 BC Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili
1884 BC Ṭab-Aššur son of Suḫarum
1883 BC Elali son of Ikunum
1882 BC Iddin-abum son of Narbitum
1881 BC Adad-bani son of Iddin-Aššur
1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
| Preceded by | King of Assyria c. 1921 – c. 1881 BC | Succeeded by |