Akiya (Assyrian king)

Akiya (Akkadian: 𒀀𒆠𒅀, romanized: A-ki-ia) was according to the Assyrian King List (AKL) the 29th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He is listed within a section of the AKL as the third out of the six, "kings whose eponyms are not known."^[1][2] As all the other early rulers listed in the king list and unattested elsewhere, there is dispute among scholars as to whether Akiya was a real historical figure.^[3]

Akiya
Išši’ak Aššur
Reign	c. 2049 B.C.E. — c. 2036 B.C.E.
Predecessor	(?)
Successor	Puzur-Ashur I
Born	Assyria (Modern-day Iraq)
Died	21st century BCE Assyria (Modern-day Iraq)
Occupation	sovereign

See also

• Asia portal

• Timeline of the Assyrian Empire
• Early Period of Assyria
• List of Assyrian kings
• Assyrian people

References

1. Glassner, Jean-Jacques (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 137. ISBN 1589830903.
2. Meissner, Bruno (1990). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. Vol. 6. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 101–102. ISBN 3110100517.
3. Lendering, Jona (2006). "The Assyrian King List". Livius. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

Preceded by Kikkia	Monarch of Assyria fl. c. 2049 BCE — c. 2036 BCE	Succeeded by Puzur-Ashur I