ISHGUM-ADDU

Ishgum-Addu
𒅖𒆲𒀭𒁕𒃶
Ishgum-Addu; 𒅖𒆲𒀭𒁕𒃶
Military governor of Mari; King
Reign	c.2135-2127 BCE
Predecessor	Ishtup-Ilum
Successor	Apil-kin
Dynasty	Shakkanakku dynasty

Mari

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Location of Mari, where Ili-Ishar ruled.

Ishgum-Addu or Ishgum-Addad (𒅖𒄣𒀭𒅎 iš-gum ^DIŠKUR), or more probably Ishkun-Dagan (𒅖𒆲𒀭𒁕𒃶 iš-kun ^Dda-gan),^[1] was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, for eight years c. 2135-2127 BCE, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire .^[2] He had a son named Apil-kin, according to the Shakkanakku Dynasty List, who ruled after him.^[3]

Ishgum-Addu appears in the Shakkanakku Dynasty Lists after Ishtup-Ilum.^[3]^[4]^[5] Besides his mention on the Shakkanakku List, no inscriptions are known of him.^[1]

Regnal titles
Ishgum-Addu of Mari
Preceded by Ishtup-Ilum	Shakkanakku of Mari c.2100 BCE	Succeeded by Apil-kin

References

^ ^a ^b Frayne, Douglas (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods. University of Toronto Press. p. 237.
^ Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.
^ ^a ^b Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.
^ Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.
^ Oliva, Juan (2008). Textos para un historia política de Siria-Palestina I (in Spanish). Ediciones AKAL. p. 86. ISBN 978-84-460-1949-7.

[Frayne-1] Frayne, Douglas (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods. University of Toronto Press. p. 237.

[2] Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.

[GL36-3] Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.

[4] Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-134-78795-1.

[5] Oliva, Juan (2008). Textos para un historia política de Siria-Palestina I (in Spanish). Ediciones AKAL. p. 86. ISBN 978-84-460-1949-7.

[6] Rulers with names in italics are considered fictional.

[7] Hallo, W.; Simpson, W. (1971). The Ancient Near East. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. pp. 48–49.

[8] "Rulers of Mesopotamia". cdli.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford, CNRS.

[9] Thomas, Ariane; Potts, Timothy (2020). Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins. Getty Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-60606-649-2.

[10] Roux, Georges (1992). Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 532–534 (Chronological Tables). ISBN 978-0-14-193825-7.

[SKL-11] Per Sumerian King List

[12] Unger, Merrill F. (2014). Israel and the Aramaeans of Damascus: A Study in Archaeological Illumination of Bible History. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62564-606-4.

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Ishgum-Addu 𒅖𒆲𒀭𒁕𒃶
Military governor of Mari King
Reign	c.2135-2127 BCE
Predecessor	Ishtup-Ilum
Successor	Apil-kin
Dynasty	Shakkanakku dynasty