- and
there are
earlier Sumerian claimants.
Epigraphic sources from the
Sargonic (Akkadian Empire)
period are in
relatively short supply,
partly because...
- in
recorded history to rule over an empire. He was the
founder of the "
Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" dynasty,
which ruled for
about a
century after his death...
- "founder" of Akkad, the city
itself probably existed before his rule; a pre-
Sargonic inscription refers to it by name and the name "Akkad"
itself is not actually...
- of
Iarlagan of Gutium,
records building the E-ula
temple of Ninura. The
Sargonic period ruler of Umma
Lugalanatum built the
temple E-gidru there. "Lugalannatum...
- the Ur III dynasty. The USKL is
especially interesting because its pre-
Sargonic part is
completely different from that of the SKL.
Whereas the SKL records...
-
whose tomb was
discovered with many
expensive artifacts.
Other known pre-
Sargonic queens of Ur (royal wives)
include Ashusikildigir, Ninbanda, and Gansamannu...
-
origin in a
Semitic language,
Lahmu was
present in
Sumerian sources in pre-
Sargonic times already. Laḫmu is
depicted as a
bearded man
wearing a red garment...
-
unlikely On the
order of a
thousand tablets from that looting, all from the
Sargonic Period, have been sold to
various collectors and many are
being published...
- Lugal-Anne-Mundu. The
first attestation of
Gutium came from
early in the
Sargonic period when the
Gutians are
mentioned in year
names of
Akkadian rulers...
-
inscriptions was
found on a bowl at Ur,
addressed to the very
early pre-
Sargonic king
Meskiagnunna of Ur (c. 2485–2450 BC) by his
queen Gan-saman, who is...
