Agum

Agum (mAg-gu-um) was the name of three Kassite kings:

The existence of a third name bearer is not entirely certain.

Landsberger sees Agum, like Kaštiliaš / Kaštil-ašu, as "lead names", pairs of names that are passed on from grandfather to first-born grandson and cites Artatama - Šuttarna ( Mitanni ) and Tudḫaliya -Arnuwanda ( Hittite ) as further examples .

Landsberger derives the name from Elam .

A bukašum Agum is in a letter, perhaps from the time of the ancient Babylonian king Samsu-ILUMA mentioned. An envoy from the king of Halaba, perhaps Aleppo, to the king of Babylon requested an escort in the "Houses of Agum" without success.

literature

Benno Landsberger, Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2, 1954, 47-73.

Individual evidence

↑ Benno Landsberger, Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2, 1954, 61f.
↑ Benno Landsberger, Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2, 1954, 62
↑ Amanda H. Podany, The Land of Ḫana. Kings, chronology and scribal tradition. Bethesda, CDL-Press 2002, 49

[1] Benno Landsberger, Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2, 1954, 61f.

[2] Benno Landsberger, Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2, 1954, 62

[3] Amanda H. Podany, The Land of Ḫana. Kings, chronology and scribal tradition. Bethesda, CDL-Press 2002, 49