Ikun-Samagan
Ikun-Šamagan was a king of Mari in early dynastic times . It is attested by an inscription on a stone vessel and on a stone statue of prayer . The latter shows him with a bald head and a long beard and is now in the Louvre , Paris (inventory no . : AO17567 ). However, it is also mentioned in inscriptions of other votive offerings.
literature
- André Parrot : Le temple d'Ishtar (= Publications de la mission archéologigique de Mari. A: Série archéologique. 1, ZDB -ID 1058625-8 = Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. 65). Geuthner, Paris 1956, p. 208.
- Eva Andrea Braun-Holzinger: Early Dynastic Prayer Statuettes (= treatises of the German Orient Society. 19). Mann, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-7861-1124-3 , pp. 74 f., (At the same time: Frankfurt am Main, Universität, Dissertation, 1972).
- Ignace J. Gelb , Burkhart Kienast: The old Akkadian royal inscriptions of the third millennium BC Chr. (= Freiburg ancient oriental studies. 7). Steiner, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-515-04248-2 , pp. 9-11.
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| SURNAME | Ikun-Samagan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Mari |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |