Iku-Shamagan Explained

Iku-Shamagan
King of Mari
Reign:	c. 2500 BC Middle Chronology
Predecessor:	Ikun-Shamash
Successor:	Ishqi-Mari
Succession1:	King of Mari

Iku-Shamagan (i-ku-^Dsha-ma-gan)^{[1] [2]} was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned . He is one of three Mari kings known from archaeology, Ikun-Shamash probably being the oldest one. Another king was Ishqi-Mari, also known from an inscribed statue.^{[3] [4] [5]}

In their inscriptions, these Mari kings used the Akkadian language, whereas their contemporaries to the south used the Sumerian language.^[6]

Vase

A vase mentioning Iku-Shamagan "in an early semitic dialect" is also known:^{[7] [8]}

Statue

Iku-Shamagan is known from a statue with inscription, discovered by André Parrot in 1952.^{[6] [9] [10]} The statue, in the National Museum of Damascus, was restored by the Louvre Museum in 2011.^[11]

Iku-Shamagan's votive statue was dedicated through an inscription on the back of the statue:^[11]

The statue was discovered in Mari, in the Temple Ninni-zaza.^[11]

The statue was heavily damaged during the conquest by the armies of the Empire of Akkad circa 2300 BCE.^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: CDLI-Archival View . cdli.ucla.edu.
2. LAMBERT . Maurice . Les inscriptions des temples d'Ishtarat et de Ninni-zaza . Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale . 1970 . 64 . 2 . 168–171 . 23283417 . 0373-6032.
3. Book: Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus . 2003 . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 978-1-58839-043-1 . 148 . en.
4. Book: Spycket . Agnès . Handbuch der Orientalistik . 1981 . BRILL . 978-90-04-06248-1 . 88 . fr.
5. Book: Who Were the Amorites. Alfred Haldar. 16. 1971.
6. Book: Spycket . Agnès . Handbuch der Orientalistik . 1981 . BRILL . 978-90-04-06248-1 . 86 . fr.
7. Book: Margueron . Jean-Claude . Akh Purattim 2 . 2018 . MOM Éditions . 978-2-35668-183-6 . 86 . fr.
8. Book: Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus . 2003 . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 978-1-58839-043-1 . 155–156 . en.
9. Parrot . André . Les fouilles de Mari. Huitième campagne (automne 1952) . Syria. Archéologie, Art et Histoire . 1953 . 30 . 3 . 196–221 . 10.3406/syria.1953.4901 .
10. Parrot . André . Les fouilles de Mari Huitième campagne (automne 1952) . Syria . 1953 . 30 . 3/4 . Plates XXI-XXII . 10.3406/syria.1953.4901 . 4196708 . 0039-7946.
11. Louvre Recherche Scientifique . 2011 . 180–181 .
12. Statue of Iku-Shamagan at time of discovery Web site: Mission Archéologique de Mari. Volume III only : Les Temples D'Ishtarat et de Ninni-Zaza by PARROT André on Meretseger Books . Meretseger Books.