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. On the Assyrian King List, Sargon appears as the son and successor of Ikunum, and the father and predecessor of Puzur-Ashur II.

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

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

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

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