Zuzu (Akšak)

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Zuzu was an Elamite king of Akšak , a Mesopotamian city ​​on the Tigris , about forty kilometers south of today's Baghdad . Around 2550 BC BC defeated E-ana-tum , the ruler of Lagaš , Zuzu and subjugated Akšak along with other cities. This campaign ended the Elamite supremacy in Mesopotamia. E-ana-tum's victory over Zuzu is shown along with other victories on the "vulture column". Akšak's list of kings has survived. With the defeat of Zuzu, the rule of the kings of Lagaš over Akšak began, but it only lasted two generations.

Remarks

  1. ↑ For the location of the city see the map The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia . In: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag (Hrsg.): Great historical world atlas. 1st part: prehistory and antiquity . 6th revised edition, Munich: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag, 1978, p. 14
  2. ↑ Schmörkel, Hartmut (ed.): Cultural history of the ancient Orient . Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner, 1961, p. 89
  3. ↑ Hinz, Walther: Das Reich Elam . Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 1964, p. 58; Contenau, Georges: Les civilizations anciennes du proche-orient . Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1968, p. 91
  4. ^ Description and interpretation of the vulture stele in Wooley, Leonard: Mesopotamia and Middle East. The art of the Middle East . Translated from English by Leopold Voelker. 2nd edition Baden-Baden: Holle Verlag, 1965, p. 55 (illustration), p. 61 (Art of the World. Volume 7)
  5. ↑ Uhlig, Helmut: The Sumerians. People at the beginning of the story . Munich: Goldmann Verlag, undated, pp. 180-187

literature

  • E. Sollberger / JR Kupper, Inscriptions Royales Sumeriens et Akkadiens , Paris, 1971.
personal data
SURNAME Zuzu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elamite king of Akšak
DATE OF BIRTH around 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 26th century BC Chr.