Adamu (Assyrian king)

Adamu (Akkadian: π’€€π’•π’ˆ¬, romanized: A-da-mu) was, according to the Assyrian King List (AKL), the second Assyrian monarch, who ruled during Assyria's early period. He is not attested in any known contemporary artefacts; he is listed among the "seventeen kings who lived in tents" within the Mesopotamian Chronicles.[1][2] The Mesopotamian Chronicles state that Adamu succeeded Tudiya.[3] The Assyriologist Georges Roux stated that Tudiya would have lived in the 25th century BC. The earliest known use of the name β€œAdam” as a genuine historical name is Adamu.[4] As in his predecessor's case, Adamu's existence remains unconfirmed archaeologically and uncorroborated by any other source.

Geopolitical context

Adamu is succeeded on the Assyrian King List by Yangi and then a further fourteen rulers: Suhlamu, Harharu, Mandaru, Imsu, Harsu, Didanu, Hana, Zuabu, Nuabu, Abazu, Belu, Azarah, Ushpia and Apiashal. Nothing concrete is yet known about these names, although it has been noted that a much later Babylonian tablet listing the ancestral lineage of Hammurabi of Babylon, seems to have copied the same names from Tudiya through Nuabu, though in a heavily corrupted form. The king lists suggest that the earliest Assyrian kings, who are recorded as, β€œkings who lived in tents,” had at first been independent semi-nomadic pastoralist rulers, moreover; Assyria was originally an oligarchy rather than a monarchy. These kings had at some point become fully urbanized and founded the city-state of Assur.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glassner, Jean-Jacques (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 137. ISBN 1589830903.
  2. ↑ Meissner, Bruno (1990). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. Vol. 6. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 103. ISBN 3110100517.
  3. ↑ Roux, Georges (27 August 1992). Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books Limited (published 1992). ISBN 9780140125238.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Victor (31 October 1990). The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1 - 17. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (published 1995). ISBN 9780802825216.
  5. ↑ Saggs, The Might, 24.
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