Sargon I or Sharru-ken reigned as king of the old-Assyria

Assyria

Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...

n Kingdom from ca. 1920 BC to 1881 BC. The name 'Sargon' means 'the king is legitimate' in Akkadian. He is known for his work refortifying Assur

Assur

Assur , was one of the capitals of ancient Assyria. The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of river Tigris, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab river, in modern day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District .Assur is also...

. The name "Sargon I" has also been used to refer to Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great "the Great King" , was an Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 23rd and 22nd centuries BC. The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned in the last quarter of the third millennium BC...

, and the Assyrian Sargon may have been named after him. Very little is known about this king.

Limmu officials by year

Annual limmu

Limmu

Limmu was an Assyrian eponym. At the beginning of the reign of an Assyrian king, the limmu, an appointed royal official, would preside over the New Year festival at the capital. Each year a new limmu would be chosen. Although picked by lot, there was most likely a limited group, such as the men of...

 officials from the year of accession of Šarru-kin to his death. BCE dates depend on a date of 1833 BC for the recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-Ištar.

1905 Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur

1904 Aššur-malik son of Agatum

1903 Aššur-malik son of Enania

1902 Ibisua son of Suen-nada

1901 Bazia son of Bal-Tutu

1900 Puzur-Ištar son of Sabasia

1899 Pišaḫ-Ili son of Adin

1898 Asqudum son of Lapiqum

1897 Ili-pilaḫ son of Damqum

1896 Qulali

1895 Susaya

1894 Amaya the Weaponer

1893 Ipḫurum son of Ili-ellat

1892 Kudanum son of Laqipum

1891 Ili-bani son of Ikunum

1890 Šu-Kubum son of Susaya

1889 Quqidi son of Amur-Aššur

1888 Abia son of Nur-Suen

1887 Šu-Ištar son of Šukutum

1886 Bazia son of Šepa-lim

1885 Šu-Ištar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)

1884 Abia son of Šu-Dagan

1883 Salia son of Šabakuranum

1882 Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum

1881 Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar

1880 Sukkalia son of Minanum

1879 Iddin-Aššur son of Kubidi

1878 Šudaya son of Ennanum

1877 Al-ṭab son of Pilaḫ-Aššur

1876 Aššur-dammiq son of Abarsisum

1875 Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen

1874 Amur-Aššur son of Karria

1873 Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen

1872 Šu-Ḫubur son of Elali

1871 Ilšu-rabi son of Bazia

1870 Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili

1869 Ṭab-Aššur son of Suḫarum

1868 Elali son of Ikunum

1867 Iddin-abum son of Narbitum

1866 Adad-bani son of Iddin-Aššur

1865 Aššur-iddin son of Šuli