Sargon I


Sargon I was the king 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 might 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

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