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'''Sagisu''' (also '''Sagishu''') was a king ([[Ebla#Government|Malikum]]) of the first [[Ebla#Archive period|Eblaite kingdom]] ruling c. 2680 BC.<ref name="Hamblin">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biyDDd0uKGMC&pg=PT239|title= Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC|author= William J. Hamblin|pages= 241, 242|year= 2006|isbn= 9781134520626}}</ref> The king's name is translated as "DN has killed".{{#tag:ref|DN is an abbreviation |
'''Sagisu''' (also '''Sagishu''') was a king ([[Ebla#Government|Malikum]]) of the first [[Ebla#Archive period|Eblaite kingdom]] ruling c. 2680 BC.<ref name="Hamblin">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biyDDd0uKGMC&pg=PT239|title= Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC|author= William J. Hamblin|pages= 241, 242|year= 2006|isbn= 9781134520626}}</ref> The king's name is translated as "DN has killed".{{#tag:ref|DN is an abbreviation of "Divine Name"|group=note}}<ref name="eblai666">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rwals-oh6kC&pg=PA219|title= Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4|author1=Cyrus Herzl Gordon |author2=Gary Rendsburg |author3=Nathan H. Winter |page= 219|year= 2002|isbn= 9781575060606}}</ref> |
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Eblaites practiced the worship of deceased kings;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rwals-oh6kC&pg=PA217|title= Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4|author1=Cyrus Herzl Gordon |author2=Gary Rendsburg |author3=Nathan H. Winter |page= 217|year= 2002|isbn= 9781575060606}}</ref> the cult of Sagisu was maintained in Ebla and was of importance during the enthronement of new kings.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjVyAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the XLV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale: Historiography in the Cuneiform World, Part 1|editor1=I. Tzvi Abusch |editor2=Carol Noyes |editor3=William W. Hallo |editor4=Irene Winter |page= 5|year= 2001|isbn=9781883053673}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISlIAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the international symposium on Syria and the Ancient Near East, 300-3000 B.C.|editor= Ismail Farouq|page= 14|year= 1996}}</ref> |
Eblaites practiced the worship of deceased kings;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rwals-oh6kC&pg=PA217|title= Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4|author1=Cyrus Herzl Gordon |author2=Gary Rendsburg |author3=Nathan H. Winter |page= 217|year= 2002|isbn= 9781575060606}}</ref> the cult of Sagisu was maintained in Ebla and was of importance during the enthronement of new kings.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjVyAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the XLV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale: Historiography in the Cuneiform World, Part 1|editor1=I. Tzvi Abusch |editor2=Carol Noyes |editor3=William W. Hallo |editor4=Irene Winter |page= 5|year= 2001|isbn=9781883053673}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISlIAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the international symposium on Syria and the Ancient Near East, 300-3000 B.C.|editor= Ismail Farouq|page= 14|year= 1996}}</ref> |
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| 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 the worship of deceased kings;[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]
Notes
- ^ DN is an abbreviation of "Divine Name"
Citations
- ^ William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. pp. 241, 242. ISBN 9781134520626.
- ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 219. ISBN 9781575060606.
- ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 217. ISBN 9781575060606.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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