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{{Short description|Assyrian ruler}}
{{Distinguish|Sargon of Akkad}}
{{Infobox monarch|
| name         = Sargon I
| title        = Issi'ak Assur
| image        = Sargon I of Assyria.png
| caption      = Line-drawing of a seal of Sargon I from [[Kültepe]]. The seated figure is believed to be the god [[Ashur (god)|Ashur]], with Sargon being the figure furthest to the left being led towards him.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Eppihimer|first=Melissa|year=2013|title=Representing Ashur: The Old Assyrian Rulers' Seals and Their Ur III Prototype|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/669098|journal=Journal of Near Eastern Studies|volume=72|issue=1|page=43|doi=10.1086/669098|jstor=10.1086/669098|s2cid=162825616|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| reign        = {{circa}} 1920–1881 BC<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chen|first=Fei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3znDwAAQBAJ|title=Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur|publisher=BRILL|year=2020|isbn=978-9004430914|location=Leiden|chapter=Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004430921/back-1.xml?body=fullhtml-43184}}</ref>
| predecessor  = [[Ikunum]]
| successor    = [[Puzur-Ashur II]]
| succession   = [[List of Assyrian kings|King of Assur]]
| issue        = [[Puzur-Ashur II]]
| father       = [[Ikunum]]
}}
'''Sargon I''' was the [[Assyrian King List|king]] (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of [[Assur]]") during the [[Old Assyrian period]] from {{Circa}} 1920 BC to 1881 BC.

==Reign==
On the [[Assyrian King List]], Sargon appears as the son and successor of [[Ikunum]], and the father and predecessor of [[Puzur-Ashur II]].

The name “Sargon” (also transcribed as '''Šarru-kīn I''' and '''Sharru-ken I''') means “the king is legitimate” in the [[Akkadian language]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chavalas|first=Mark William|title=The ancient Near East: historical sources in translation|date=29 Jun 2006|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-0-631-23580-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tUCnNLGw4UC&q=Sargon++++legitimate++chavalas&pg=PA23|page=23}}</ref> Sargon I might have been named after [[Sargon of Akkad]],<ref name=Bromiley>{{cite book|last=Bromiley|first=Geoffrey|title=The international standard Bible encyclopedia|publisher=William B Eerdmans|isbn=978-0-8028-3784-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&q=%22sargon+of+akkad%22+%22sargon+I%22+confused&pg=PA337|date=31 Dec 1996|edition=Revised}}</ref> perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigious [[Akkadian Empire|Dynasty of Akkad]].

Sargon I is known for his work refortifying [[Assur]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Leick|first=Gwendolyn|title=Who's Who in the Ancient Near East|year=2001|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-13231-2|page=139}}</ref> Very little is otherwise known about Sargon I.<ref name=Bromiley/>

===Limmu Year-names===
The following is a list of the 41 annually-elected [[limmu]] officials from the year of accession of Sargon I until the year of his death.<ref>Klaas R. Veenhof, ''The old Assyrian list of year eponyms from Karum Kanish and its chronological implications'' (Ankara, Turkish Historical Society, 2003)</ref> Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the [[solar eclipse]] recorded in the [[Mari eponym chronicles|limmu of Puzur-Ishtar]]:{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
1920 BC Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur<br />
1919 BC Aššur-malik son of Agatum<br />
1918 BC Aššur-malik son of Enania<br />
1917 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada<br />
1916 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu<br />
1915 BC Puzur-Ištar son of Sabasia<br />                                 
1914 BC Pišaḫ-Ili son of Adin<br />
1913 BC Asqudum son of Lapiqum<br />
1912 BC Ili-pilaḫ son of Damqum<br />                                         
1911 BC Qulali<br />
1910 BC Susaya<br />
1909 BC Amaya the Weaponer<br />
1908 BC Ipḫurum son of Ili-ellat<br />
1907 BC Kudanum son of Laqipum<br />
1906 BC Ili-bani son of Ikunum<br />
1905 BC Šu-Kubum son of Susaya<br />
1904 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Aššur<br />
1903 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen<br />
1902 BC Šu-Ištar son of Šukutum<br />
1901 BC Bazia son of Šepa-lim<br />
1900 BC Šu-Ištar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)<br />
1899 BC Abia son of Šu-Dagan<br />
1898 BC Salia son of Šabakuranum<br />
1897 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum<br />
1896 BC Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar<br />
1895 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum<br />
1894 BC Iddin-Aššur son of Kubidi<br />
1893 BC Šudaya son of Ennanum<br />
1892 BC Al-ṭab son of Pilaḫ-Aššur<br />
1891 BC Aššur-dammiq son of Abarsisum<br />
1890 BC Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen<br />
1889 BC Amur-Aššur son of Karria<br />
1888 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen<br />
1887 BC Šu-Ḫubur son of Elali<br />
1886 BC Ilšu-rabi son of Bazia<br />
1885 BC Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili<br />
1884 BC Ṭab-Aššur son of Suḫarum<br />
1883 BC Elali son of Ikunum<br />
1882 BC Iddin-abum son of Narbitum<br />
1881 BC Adad-bani son of Iddin-Aššur<br />
1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
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==References==
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{{Succession box
| title = [[King of Assyria|Išši’ak Aššur]]
| before = [[Ikunum]]
| after = [[Puzur-Ashur II]]
| years = 1920–1881 BC
}}
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