Ilu-shuma

Ilu - Suma ( Ilu - Schumacher, Ilu - suma ) was by the Assyrian King List an Old Assyrian king Ashur of. He was the son of Salim - Ahum, governor of Assur, son of Puzur - Ashur I, patesi of Ashur.

He is from the Assyrian King List and an inscription that was found in the old Ishtar temple in Assur known. The inscription on a limestone panel reported that Ashur for Ilu - Suma, viceroy of the god Ashur ( išši'ak Ashur ), loved by the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar " two sources on the mountain Ebih was spring, and he the bricks for a new wall was built in Assur with the water from these sources. the water ran down the one source for Aušum gate, the waters of the other to Wertum gate. Additional fragments of this text can be found on brick inscriptions.

Ilu - Suma also built a temple for his mistress Ishtar, " for his life and the life of his city." His inscriptions also deliver that he cleaned copper ( e -ru -su -nu am- sí ). The meaning is unclear, the interpretations range from tax cuts for the Akkadians to a royal copper monopoly. In addition, protected the freedom of the Akkadians and their descendants.

A newly - Assyrian Chronicle reports on a battle between Ilu - Suma, king of Assyria, and Su- abu ( Sumu - abum ), which provides a first synchronism with Sumer.