Iku-Shamagan

Iku-Shamagan
𒄿𒆪𒀭𒊭𒈠𒃶
King of Mari
Statue of Iku-Shamagan, Temple of Ninni-Zaza, Mari.[1][2] National Museum of Damascus
Reignc. 2500 BC Middle Chronology
PredecessorIkun-Shamash
SuccessorIshqi-Mari
King of Mari
Mari is located in Near East
Mari
Mari
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Location of Mari, where Ikun-Shamash ruled.

Iku-Shamagan (𒄿𒆪𒀭𒊭𒈠𒃶, i-ku-Dsha-ma-gan)[3][4] was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2500 BCE. He is one of three Mari kings known from archaeology, Ikun-Shamash probably being the oldest one.[5] Another king was Ishqi-Mari, also known from an inscribed statue.[6][7][8]

In their inscriptions, these Mari kings used the Akkadian language, whereas their contemporaries to the south used the Sumerian language.[5]

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  2. ^ Parrot, André (1953). "Les fouilles de Mari Huitième campagne (automne 1952)". Syria. 30 (3/4): 196–221. doi:10.3406/syria.1953.4901. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4196708.
  3. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  4. ^ LAMBERT, Maurice (1970). "Les inscriptions des temples d'Ishtarat et de Ninni-zaza". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 64 (2): 168–171. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23283417.
  5. ^ a b Spycket, Agnès (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 86. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
  6. ^ Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
  7. ^ Spycket, Agnès (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 88. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
  8. ^ Alfred Haldar (1971). Who Were the Amorites. p. 16.