Ilu-šūma

Ilu-šūma ( Ilu-schuma, Ilu-suma ) was an ancient Assyrian king of Aššur according to the Assyrian king list . He was the son of Salim-aḫum , governor of Assur, son of Puzur-Aššur I , patesi of Aššur.

He is known from the Assyrian King List and an inscription found in the ancient Ištar temple in Assur . The inscription on a limestone tablet tells that Aššur "had two springs spring up on Mount Ebih for Ilu-šūma, viceroy of the god Aššur ( išši'ak Aššur ), loved by the god Aššur and the goddess Ištar , and he had the bricks for a new one Wall in Assur built with the water from these springs, the water from one spring running down to the Aušum gate, the water from the other to the Wertum gate.Other fragments of this text can be found on brick inscriptions .

Ilu-šūma also built a temple for his mistress Ištar, "for his life and the life of his city". His inscriptions also say that he purified copper ( e-ru-šu-nu am-sí ). The meaning is unclear, the interpretations range from tax breaks for the Akkadians to a royal copper monopoly . It also protected the freedom of the Akkadians and their descendants.

A New Assyrian chronicle reports a battle between Ilu-šūma, king of Assyria and Su-abu ( Sumu-abum ), which provides a first synchronism with Sumer .

literature

Albert Kirk Grayson : Assyrian Royal inscriptions. Volume I. From the Beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1972.

Individual evidence

↑ DD Luckenbill : Inscriptions of Early Assyrian Rulers. In: The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 28/3, 1912, p. 155. ( JSTOR 528609 ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Salim-aḫum	Assyrian king	Ērišum I.

personal data
SURNAME	Ilu-šūma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ilu-šūma; Ilushuma; Ilu-suma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Assyrian king of Assyria
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	20th century BC Chr.

[1] DD Luckenbill : Inscriptions of Early Assyrian Rulers. In: The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 28/3, 1912, p. 155. ( JSTOR 528609 ).