Sargon I

Sargon I (also transcribed as Šarru-kīn I and Sharru-ken I) was the king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") of the Old Assyrian Empire from c. 1920 BC — c. 1881 BC (middle chronology) or from c. 1856 BC – c. 1817 BC (short chronology). On the Assyrian King List, Sargon appears as the son and successor of Ikunum, and the father and predecessor of Puzur-Ashur II.

Not to be confused with Sargon of Akkad.
Sargon I
King of Assyria
King of the Old Assyrian Empire
Reign1856–1817 BC (short chronology) or 1920–1881 BC (middle chronology) (39 years)
PredecessorIkunum
SuccessorPuzur-Ashur II
IssuePuzur-Ashur II
FatherIkunum

The name “Sargon” means “the king is legitimate” in the Akkadian language.[1] Sargon I might have been named after Sargon of Akkad,[2] perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigious Dynasty of Akkad.

Sargon I is known for his work refortifying Assur.[3] Very little is otherwise known about Sargon I.[2] 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.[4] Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the solar eclipse recorded in the limmu of Puzur-Ishtar:[5]

1905 BC Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur
1904 BC Aššur-malik son of Agatum
1903 BC Aššur-malik son of Enania
1902 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada
1901 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu
1900 BC Puzur-Ištar son of Sabasia
1899 BC Pišaḫ-Ili son of Adin
1898 BC Asqudum son of Lapiqum
1897 BC Ili-pilaḫ son of Damqum
1896 BC Qulali
1895 BC Susaya
1894 BC Amaya the Weaponer
1893 BC Ipḫurum son of Ili-ellat
1892 BC Kudanum son of Laqipum
1891 BC Ili-bani son of Ikunum
1890 BC Šu-Kubum son of Susaya
1889 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Aššur
1888 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen
1887 BC Šu-Ištar son of Šukutum
1886 BC Bazia son of Šepa-lim
1885 BC Šu-Ištar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)
1884 BC Abia son of Šu-Dagan
1883 BC Salia son of Šabakuranum
1882 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum
1881 BC Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar
1880 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum
1879 BC Iddin-Aššur son of Kubidi
1878 BC Šudaya son of Ennanum
1877 BC Al-ṭab son of Pilaḫ-Aššur
1876 BC Aššur-dammiq son of Abarsisum
1875 BC Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen
1874 BC Amur-Aššur son of Karria
1873 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen
1872 BC Šu-Ḫubur son of Elali
1871 BC Ilšu-rabi son of Bazia
1870 BC Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili
1869 BC Ṭab-Aššur son of Suḫarum
1868 BC Elali son of Ikunum
1867 BC Iddin-abum son of Narbitum
1866 BC Adad-bani son of Iddin-Aššur
1865 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli

References
  1. Chavalas, Mark William (29 Jun 2006). The ancient Near East: historical sources in translation. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-631-23580-4.
  2. Bromiley, Geoffrey (31 Dec 1996). The international standard Bible encyclopedia (Revised ed.). William B Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-3784-4.
  3. Leick, Gwendolyn (2001). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-415-13231-2.
  4. Klaas R. Veenhof, The old Assyrian list of year eponyms from Karum Kanish and its chronological implications (Ankara, Turkish Historical Society, 2003)
  5. C. Michel, Nouvelles données pour la chronologie du IIe millénaire, NABU 2002, Nr. 20, 17f.
Preceded by
Ikunum		 Išši’ak Aššur
c. 1920 BC — c. 1881 BC		 Succeeded by
Puzur-Ashur II
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