Ikunum ( akk, , I-ku-nu-um) was a king of
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
1934–1921 BC and the son of
Ilushuma. He built a temple for the god
Ninkigal. He strengthened the fortifications of the city of
Assur
Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal ...
and maintained commercial colonies in
Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
. The following is a list of the sixteen annually-elected
limmu
:
Limmu was an Assyrian eponym. At the beginning of the reign of an Assyrian king, the limmu, an appointed royal official, would preside over the New Year festival at the capital. Each year a new limmu would be chosen. Although picked by lot, th ...
officials from the year of accession of Ikunum until the year of his death.
[Cahit Günbattı, ''An Eponym List (KEL G) from Kültepe'' Altoriental. Forsch. 35 (2008) 1, 103-132.]
*1934 BC Buzi son of Adad-rabi
*1933 BC Šuli son of Šalmah
*1932 BC Iddin-Suen son of Šalmah
*1931 BC Ikunum son of Šudaya
*1930 BC Dan-Wer son of Ahu-ahi
*1929 BC Šu-Anum from Nerabtim
*1928 BC Il-massu son of Aššur-ṭab
*1927 BC Šu-Hubur son of Šuli
*1926 BC Idua son of Ṣulili
*1925 BC Laqip son of Puzur-Laba
*1924 BC Šu-Anum the hapirum
*1923 BC Uku son of Bila
*1922 BC Aššur-malik son of Panaka
*1921 BC Dan-Aššur son of Puzur-Wer
Notes
References
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Year of birth unknown
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20th-century BC Assyrian kings