Ikun-Mari was a king (
Lugal
Lugal ( Sumerian: ) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, ''lu'' "𒇽" is "man" and ''gal'' " 𒃲" is "great," or "big."
It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state coul ...
) of the second
Mariote kingdom.
His name was recorded on a stone jar mentioning his wife "Alma".
The script's style on the jar suggest a date later than the reign of the Mariote king
Ikun-Shamash
Ikun-Shamash or Iku-Shamash () was a King of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2500 BC. According to François Thureau-Dangin, the king reigned at a time earlier than Ur-Nanshe's of Lagash. He is one of three Mari kings known from archaeo ...
but earlier than the reign of king
Isqi-Mari.
Queen Alma is mentioned in
Ebla
Ebla ( Sumerian: ''eb₂-la'', ar, إبلا, modern: , Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about southwest of Aleppo near the village of Mardikh. Ebla was an important center t ...
ite texts that also mention the Mariote king
Nizi and princes (later kings)
Enna-Dagan and Hidar.
Citations
Kings of Mari
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