Sar-kali-Sarri

Sar -kali-šarri, Schar-kali-sharri (also Sar-kali-sarri ) was a king in the kingdom of Akkad and ruled from 2218 to 2193 BC. BC ( middle chronology ) or 2154 to 2129 BC BC (short chronology) as successor to his father Naram-Sin .

Before he took office, Naram-Sin had already entrusted him with administrative tasks in Nippur .

history

In the first year of the reign, Šar-kali-šarri continued work on the Ekur Temple of Enlil in Nippur. In a later inscription of the year he calls himself the "founder of the temple". Since the work was supervised by the military governor Puzur-Aštar , it becomes clear that in addition to purely military tasks, civil projects also fell within the area of ​​responsibility.

During his reign he carried out an expedition to the headwaters of the Euphrates and Tigris and to the Amanus Mountains to use the valuable cedar wood for the construction of the Ishtar and Enlil temples.

The longer he ruled, the more difficult his rule became and the more unstable the Akkad Empire became. An inscription mentions a rebellion in the four regions of the world , in the course of which he first defeated the Amurites in the mountain bazaar and then formed an Elamite coalition near the city of Akšak .

At the end of his reign, the Guteans advanced further and further into the Mesopotamian lowlands and threatened the country with various cattle thefts and fights. The difficulty in successfully resisting the Guteans was their guerrilla tactics . Villages were plundered and destroyed with quick and brief attacks. Before the troops from Sar-kali-šarri arrived, the Guteans had fled back into the mountains.

Problems also arose in Sumer as the local princes in Lagasch , Ur and other places sought independence. Local disputes could no longer be settled.

Apparently, Sar-kali-Sarri was killed in a palace revolution . Along with his death, the final anomic decline of the empire of Akkad followed. The entry in the Sumerian King List describes the ending with the words Who was King - Who wasn't King .

His successors are still hard to understand historically today.

literature

• Dietz Otto Edzard: History of Mesopotamia. CHBeck Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51664-5
• Gebhard J. Selz: Sumerians and Akkadians. CHBeck Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-50874-X

predecessor	Office	successor
Naram-Sin	Great King of Akkad 2218–2193 BC Chr. / 2154–2129 BC Chr	Guteans dynasty