Sagisu

Sagisu
King of Ebla
Reignc. 2680 BC
PredecessorPossibly Da (.) (.)
SuccessorPossibly Dane'um

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

Eblaites practiced the worship of deceased kings; the cult of Sagisu was maintained in Ebla and was of importance during the enthronement of new kings. 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ DN is an abbreviation of "Divine Name"

Citations

  1. ↑ William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. pp. 241, 242. ISBN 9781134520626.
  2. ↑ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 219. ISBN 9781575060606.
  3. ↑ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 217. ISBN 9781575060606.
  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. ISBN 9781883053673.
  5. ↑ Ismail Farouq, ed. (1996). Proceedings of the international symposium on Syria and the Ancient Near East, 300-3000 B.C. p. 14.