• Source: Iku-Shamagan

    • Iku-Shamagan (π’„Ώπ’†ͺπ’€­π’Š­π’ˆ π’ƒΆ, i-ku-Dsha-ma-gan, fl. c. 2500 BC) was a King of the second Mariote kingdom. 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"


    Statue


    Iku-Shamagan is known from a statue with inscription, discovered by AndrΓ© 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:

    π’„Ώπ’†ͺπ’€­π’Š­π’ˆ π’ƒΆ / π’ˆ—π’ˆ π’Œ·π’†  / 𒀋 / π’Š•π’‚… / π’Š¨π’‹€ / π’€­π’ˆΉπ’π’ / π’Š•π’„Έπ’Ί
    i-ku-Dsha-ma-gan / lugal ma-ri2ki / abba2 / sa12du5 / dul3su3 / DMUSZ3xZA.ZA / sa12rig9

    "Of Iku-Shamagan, king of Mari, his surveyor has dedicated the statue to Ninni-zaza"
    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.















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