# Ikunum

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{{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](/source/Erishum_I)
| successor = [Sargon I](/source/Sargon_I)
| death_date = c. 1921 BC
| succession = [King of Assyria](/source/List_of_Assyrian_kings)
| issue = [Sargon I](/source/Sargon_I)<br/>Ashur-imitti
| father = [Erishum I](/source/Erishum_I)
}}
'''Ikunum''' ({{langx|akk|{{cuneiform|𒄿𒆪𒉡𒌝}}|I-ku-nu-um}}; died {{circa}} 1921 BC) was a king of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) {{Circa}} 1935–1921 BC.

==Reign==
He was the son and successor of [Erishum I](/source/Erishum_I) and the father of [Sargon I](/source/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](/source/Ereshkigal).<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](/source/Assur) and maintained commercial colonies in [Anatolia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sargon_I). He had at least one more son, Ashur-imitti, mentioned in one of his inscriptions.<ref name=":0" />

==Notes==
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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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{{succession box
| title = [King of Assyria](/source/List_of_Assyrian_kings)
| before = [Erishum I](/source/Erishum_I)
| after = [Sargon I](/source/Sargon_I)
| years = c. 1935 – c. 1921 BC
}}
{{s-end}}

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