Nanum of Akkad

Nanum
Nanum
King of Akkad; King of Sumer;
King of the Akkadian Empire
Reign	c. 2191-2190 BC
Predecessor	Imi
Successor	Ilulu

Nanum or Nanium, according to the Sumerian King List, was one of four rivals (the others being Ilulu, Igigi, and Imi) vying to be king of the Akkadian Empire during a three-year period following the death of Shar-kali-sharri.^[1] This chaotic period came to an end when Dudu consolidated his power over the realm.

References

^ Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 112-115

[1] Thorkild Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 112-115

[2] Rulers with names in italics are considered fictional.

[3] Hallo, W.; Simpson, W. (1971). The Ancient Near East. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. pp. 48–49.

[4] "Rulers of Mesopotamia". cdli.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford, CNRS.

[5] Thomas, Ariane; Potts, Timothy (2020). Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins. Getty Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-60606-649-2.

[6] Roux, Georges (1992). Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 532–534 (Chronological Tables). ISBN 978-0-14-193825-7.

[SKL-7] Per Sumerian King List

[8] Unger, Merrill F. (2014). Israel and the Aramaeans of Damascus: A Study in Archaeological Illumination of Bible History. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62564-606-4.

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