{{Infobox monarch | name = Ikunum<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒄿𒆪𒉡𒌝}}}} | reign = c. 1935 – c. 1921 BC<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chen|first=Fei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3znDwAAQBAJ|title=Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur|publisher=BRILL|year=2020|isbn=978-9004430914|location=Leiden|chapter=Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004430921/back-1.xml?body=fullhtml-43184}}</ref> | predecessor = Erishum I | successor = Sargon I | death_date = c. 1921 BC | succession = King of Assyria | issue = Sargon I<br/>Ashur-imitti | father = Erishum I }} '''Ikunum''' ({{langx|akk|{{cuneiform|𒄿𒆪𒉡𒌝}}|I-ku-nu-um}}; died {{circa}} 1921 BC) was a king of Assyria {{Circa}} 1935–1921 BC.
==Reign== He was the son and successor of Erishum I and the father of Sargon I.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grayson |first=A. Kirk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psmYIYJZCnoC |title=Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: From the beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz |year=1968 |isbn=9783447013826 |location=Wiesbaden |pages=41–46 |oclc=584578}}</ref> He built a temple for the god Ninkigal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rogers |first=Robert |year=2003 |title=A History of Babylonia and Assyria |publisher=Lost Arts Media |isbn=978-1-59016-317-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbabylon00robe }}</ref> He strengthened the fortifications of the city of Assur and maintained commercial colonies in Anatolia.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bertman |first=Stephen |year=2005 |title=Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia |publisher=Oxford UP |location=New York |page=88}}</ref>
The following is a list of the 14 annually-elected limmu officials from the year of accession of Ikunum until the year of his death.<ref>Cahit Günbattı, ''An Eponym List (KEL G) from Kültepe'' Altoriental. Forsch. 35 (2008) 1, 103-132.</ref>
*1934 BC: Buzi son of Adad-rabi *1933 BC: Šuli son of Šalmah *1932 BC: Iddin-Suen son of Šalmah *1931 BC: Ikunum son of Šudaya *1930 BC: Dan-Wer son of Ahu-ahi *1929 BC: Šu-Anum from Nerabtim *1928 BC: Il-massu son of Aššur-ṭab *1927 BC: Šu-Hubur son of Šuli *1926 BC: Idua son of Ṣulili *1925 BC: Laqip son of Puzur-Laba *1924 BC: Šu-Anum the hapirum *1923 BC: Uku son of Bila *1922 BC: Aššur-malik son of Panaka *1921 BC: Dan-Aššur son of Puzur-Wer Ikunum was succeeded by his son, Sargon I. He had at least one more son, Ashur-imitti, mentioned in one of his inscriptions.<ref name=":0" />
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==References== *{{cite book |last=Bertman |first=Stephen |year=2005 |title=Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia |location=New York |publisher=Oxford UP}}
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