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Ikun-Shamash
(๐’„ฟ๐’†ช๐’€ญ๐’Œ“)
King of Mari
Ikun-Shamash's votive statue, British Museum.[1]
Reignc. 2500 BC Middle Chronology
King of Mari
Mari is located in Near East
Mari
Mari
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Location of Mari, where PIkun-Shamash ruled.

Ikun-Shamash or Iku-Shamash (๐’„ฟ๐’†ช๐’€ญ๐’Œ“)[2] was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2500 BC.[3] According to Franรงois Thureau-Dangin, the king reigned at a time earlier than Ur-Nanshe's of Lagash.[3] He is one of three Mari kings known from archaeology, and probably the oldest one.[2] Another king was Iku-Shamagan, also known from a statue with inscription, in the National Museum of Damascus.[2] The third king is Lamgi-Mari, also read Iลกgi-Mari, also known from an inscribed statue now in the National Museum of Aleppo.[4][5]

In his inscriptions, Ikun-Shamash used the Akkadian language, whereas his contemporaries to the south used the Sumerian language.[2] His official title in the inscriptions was "King of Mari" and "ensi-gal", or "supreme Prince" of the deity Enlil.[2]

He is known from a statue with inscription, which he dedicated to god Shamash.[2]

Ikun-Shamash's territory seems to have included southern Babylonia.[6]

Statue[edit]

Ikun-Shamash's votive statue, set by one of his officials, was discovered in the city of Sippar; the inscription reads:


๐’„ฟ๐’†ช๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ / ๐’ˆ—๐’ˆ ๐’Œท๐’†  / ๐’‘๐’‹ผ๐’‹›๐’ƒฒ / ๐’€ญ๐’‚—๐’†ค /๐’…ˆ๐’Š๐’€ญ /๐’†ช๐’…†๐’ˆจ๐’‹ค / ๐’Šจ๐’‹ค / ๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ / ๐’Š•๐’„ธ๐’บ

i-ku-Dutu / lugal ma-ri2ki / ensi2gal / Den-lil2 / ar-raD / tush igi{me}-su3 / dul3-su3 / Dutu / sa12-rig9

"For Iku(n)shamash, king of Mari, chief executive for Enlil, Arra'il his courtier, dedicated his statue to Shamash"

โ€” Statue inscription of Ikun-Shamash[7][8]

The statue is located in the British Museum.

  • Statue of Iku-Shamash, King of Mari circa 2400 BCE (in the rear)
    Statue of Iku-Shamash, King of Mari circa 2400 BCE (in the rear)
  • The inscription on the statue.[8]
    The inscription on the statue.[8]
  • Inscription on the statue: "Ikun-Shamash, King of Mari" (๐’„ฟ๐’†ช๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ ๐’ˆ— ๐’ˆ ๐’Œท๐’† , Ikun-shamash, lugal Mari-ki)
    Inscription on the statue: "Ikun-Shamash, King of Mari" (๐’„ฟ๐’†ช๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ ๐’ˆ— ๐’ˆ ๐’Œท๐’† , Ikun-shamash, lugal Mari-ki)
  • Statue of Ikun-shamash, British Museum, BM 60828
    Statue of Ikun-shamash, British Museum, BM 60828
King Ikun-Shamash of Mari
Regnal titles
Preceded by
First Kingdom of Mari
 King of Mari
2500 BC 		Succeeded by

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Spycket, Agnรจs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 87. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Spycket, Agnรจs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 86. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
  3. ^ a b Alfred Haldar (1971). Who Were the Amorites. p. 16.
  4. ^ Photograph in: "Mission Archรฉologique de Mari 4 vols. in 6. Volume I: Le Temple D'Ishtar. Volume II : Le Palais. Part 1: Architecture. Part 2: Peintures Murales. Part 3: Documents et monuments. Volume III: Les Temples D'Ishtarat et de". Meretseger Books. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  5. ^ Spycket, Agnรจs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 88. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
  6. ^ Robert Boulanger (1966). The Middle East: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. p. 497.
  7. ^ Jerrold S. Cooper (1986). Presargonic Inscriptions. p. 87. ISBN 9780940490826.
  8. ^ a b "Inscription of the statue of Ikun-Shamash". cdli.ucla.edu.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikun-Shamash

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