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Biography
Iku-Shamagan (đżđȘđđđ đ¶, i-ku-sha-ma-gan) was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c.â2500 BCE. 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.
In their inscriptions, these Mari kings used the Akkadian language, whereas their contemporaries to the south used the Sumerian language.
Vase
A vase mentioning Iku-Shamagan "in an early semitic dialect" is also known:
"For Iku-Shamagan, king of Mari, Shuweda the cup-bearer, son of ... the merchant, dedicated this vessel to the river god and Ishtarat"
ââVessel inscription.
Statue
Iku-Shamagan is known from a statue with inscription, discovered by André Parrot in 1952. The statue, in the National Museum of Damascus, was restored by the Louvre Museum in 2011.
Iku-Shamagan's votive statue was dedicated through an inscription on the back of the statue:
đżđȘđđđ đ¶ / đđ đ·đ / đ / đđ / đšđ€ / đđčđđ / đđžđși-ku-sha-ma-gan / lugal ma-ri2 / abba2 / sa12du5 / dul3su3 / MUSZ3xZA.ZA / sa12rig9
"Of Iku-Shamagan, king of Mari, his surveyor has dedicated the statue to Ninni-zaza"
ââInscription on the statue of Iku-Shamagan
The statue was discovered in Mari, in the Temple Ninni-zaza.
The statue was heavily damaged during the conquest by the armies of the Empire of Akkad circa 2300 BCE.
Asma al-Assad and Marisa Leticia looking at the statue of Iku-Shamagan in the National Museum of Damascus
Statue of Iku-Shamagan with votive inscription on the back of the right shoulder. National Museum of Damascus
Iku-Shamagan (detail)
King Iku-Shamagan of Mari | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | King of Mari 2500 BCE | Succeeded by (...) Ishqi-Mari |
Citations
- ^ Spycket, AgnĂšs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. pp. 87â89. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
- ^ Parrot, AndrĂ© (1953). "Les fouilles de Mari HuitiĂšme campagne (automne 1952)". Syria. 30 (3/4): 196â221. doi:10.3406/syria.1953.4901. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4196708.
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- ^ Spycket, AgnÚs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 86. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
- ^ Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
- ^ Spycket, AgnÚs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. p. 88. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
- ^ Alfred Haldar (1971). Who Were the Amorites. p. 16.
- ^ Margueron, Jean-Claude (2018). Akh Purattim 2 (in French). MOM Ăditions. p. 86. ISBN 978-2-35668-183-6.
- ^ Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. pp. 155â156. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
- ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
- ^ Parrot, AndrĂ© (1953). "Les fouilles de Mari. HuitiĂšme campagne (automne 1952)". Syria. ArchĂ©ologie, Art et Histoire. 30 (3): 196â221. doi:10.3406/syria.1953.4901.
- ^ Parrot, André (1953). "Les fouilles de Mari HuitiÚme campagne (automne 1952)". Syria. 30 (3/4): Plates XXI-XXII. doi:10.3406/syria.1953.4901. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4196708.
- ^ "Louvre Recherche Scientifique" (PDF). 2011: 180â181. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
- ^ Statue of Iku-Shamagan at time of discovery "Mission Archéologique de Mari. Volume III only : Les Temples D'Ishtarat et de Ninni-Zaza by PARROT André on Meretseger Books". Meretseger Books.
- ^ Spycket, AgnĂšs (1981). Handbuch der Orientalistik (in French). BRILL. pp. 87â89. ISBN 978-90-04-06248-1.
- ^ Parrot, AndrĂ© (1953). "Les fouilles de Mari HuitiĂšme campagne (automne 1952)". Syria. 30 (3/4): 196â221. doi:10.3406/syria.1953.4901. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4196708.
