Shar-Kali-Sharri
Akkadian ruler (2217β2193 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shar-Kali-Sharri (ππ¬π΅π ππ·, DShar-ka-li-Sharri;[3]) reigned c. 2217β2193 BC (middle chronology) as the ruler of the Akkadian Empire. In the early days of cuneiform scholarship the name was transcribed as "Shar-Gani-sharri".[4] In the 1870s, Assyriologists thought Shar-Kali-Sharri was identical with the Sargon of Akkad, first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, but this identification was recognized as mistaken in the 1910s.[5] His name was sometimes written with the leading Dingir sign demarking deification and sometimes without it. Clearly at some point he was deified and two of his designations marked his divine status, "heroic god of Akkade", and "god of the land of Warium".[6] He was the son and successor of Naram-Sin who deified himself during his lifetime.[7]
Shar-Kali-Sharri ππ¬π΅π ππ· | |
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King of the Akkadian Empire | |
Reign | c. 2217 BC β 2193 BC |
Predecessor | Naram-Sin |
Successor | Igigi |
Spouse | Tuta-sar-libbis |
Dynasty | Dynasty of Akkad |
Father | Naram-Sin of Akkad |