Sagisu

Sagisu
King of Ebla
Reign c. 2680 BC Middle chronology
Predecessor Da (.) (.)
Successor Dane'um
King of Ebla

Sagisu (also Sagishu) was a king (Malikum) of the first Eblaite kingdom ruling c. 2680 BC.[1] The king's name is translated as "DN has killed".[note 1][2]

Eblaites practiced deceased kings worship;[3] the cult of Sagisu was maintained in Ebla and was of importance during the enthronement of new kings.[4] Offerings were presented to Sagisu during the coronation festivals of kings Irkab-Damu and Isar-Damu; this prove the continuity of the royal family of Ebla.[5]

King Sagisu of Ebla
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Da (.) (.)
King of Ebla
2680 BC
Succeeded by
Dane'um

Notes

  1. DN is an abbreviation to Divine Name

Citations

  1. William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. pp. 241, 242.
  2. Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 219.
  3. Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 217.
  4. I. Tzvi Abusch; Carol Noyes; William W. Hallo; Irene Winter, eds. (2001). Proceedings of the XLV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale: Historiography in the Cuneiform World, Part 1. p. 5.
  5. Ismail Farouq, ed. (1996). Proceedings of the international symposium on Syria and the Ancient Near East, 300-3000 B.C. p. 14.


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