Agum II
Agum II ( meq -gu -um ) or Agum II - Kakrime was the second Kassite king of Babylon. He was entitled Šar Kassi and SAR, Ak -ka- di -i '.
Swell
From Agum II - Kakrime no original inscriptions have been preserved, but only later copies. There are several approaches dating between 1530 BC and 1450 BC before, but it remains unclear whether there is another ruler named Agum III. gave.
Assurbanipal text
In a compilation of the library of Ashur - bani - apli the services of Agum - kakrime are described. He brought after the statues of Marduk and Sarpanitum from the country Hani back to Babylon. 8 " The King Šamaš by a lamb of sacrifice chill I interviewed and 9 a distant land, Matha -ni -i, 10 I sent [ messengers ] and the god Marduk 11 and the goddess Sarpanitum they brought here and 12 Marduk and Sarpanitum, 13 love my government, 14 after Esagila 15 and Babylon 16 I brought back. " He put the Esagila restore, which he endowed with gold, silver, copper, and precious stones. In addition, a priest, a blacksmith and one other person exemption received.
Agum called son of UR -si -gu -ru- MAS, a descendant of A- bir - [ ATAS ], son of Kaš - til -ia -su, son of Agum the Great ( ša A -gu - ra -bi to -i), of pure seed of Šuqamuna, used by Anu and Enlil, Ea and Marduk, Sin and Šamaš, the strong man of warlike Ishtar. Marduk, at that time did not have the importance that should be given to him in New Babylonian period. Benno Landsberger holds the inscription, however, for a later forgery, a view which is also yellow and Borger joined ( " apocryphal "). In contrast Na'aman argues that even a fake would stick to the known facts, so the information is recyclable.
It is usually assumed that these idols had been kidnapped in the course of the Hittite raid on Babylon under Mursilis I.. After an oracle text from the library of Ashurbanipal 's rule is Agum begin 24 years after the sack of Babylon. Hani is interpreted in different ways. Na'aman interprets it as Hana, remains unclear, however, why the statues remained in Hana or how they get to there. Contrast Brinkman suggests a reading as Hati, Hatti, which would also match the description as " far country ", the return would be an act of state. If the time stamp of the oracle text reliably, the throne Agums is around 1545, otherwise they can be only in the period after the fall of Babylon, for there is no fixed date also, begin.
Other sources
A Agum also led a campaign against the sea Country. The corresponding chronicle but not assign a royal title, so that the equation with Agum II is not fully secured. From Qal'at al - Bahrain Dilmun are two school exercises, which are dated to the reign of Agum. Here it is probably Agum III ..
9 Kassitenherrscher
Weidner (1926 ) identified Agum kakrime as the ninth ruler of the synchronistic king list ( reading like -gu - [ u] m), this interpretation but pulled back. Astour reads the appropriate place as Kak -ri -i [ mm] e, which is a Ephitet of Agum II. Astour assumes Agum - kakrime. How Boese emphasizes this interpretation is " very tempting ," but ultimately not provable. Na'aman holds Agum for 8 Kassittenherrscher.
The king in question reigned 22 years.
Name
IN Diakonoff interpreted the epithet Agum as Akkadian kak Rime, sword of compassion ( Astour 1986, 330) Astour as a "weapon of Thunder " or thunderbolt.