Imi, according to the ''
Sumerian King List
The ''Sumerian King List'' (abbreviated ''SKL'') or ''Chronicle of the One Monarchy'' is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and king ...
'', was one of four rivals (the others being
Igigi
Igigi are the mythological figures of heaven in the mythology of Mesopotamia. Though sometimes synonymous with the term "Anunnaki", in one myth the Igigi were the younger beings who were servants of the Annunaki, until they rebelled and were rep ...
,
Ilulu, and
Nanum) vying to be king of the
Akkadian Empire during a three-year period following the death of
Shar-kali-sharri.
[ Thorkild Jacobsen, ''The Sumerian King List'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 112-115] This chaotic period came to an end when
Dudu consolidated his power over the realm.
See also
*
List of Mesopotamian dynasties
*
History of Mesopotamia
The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing i ...
Notes
{{Early Rulers of Mesopotamia
22nd-century BC kings of Akkad
Akkadian people