About Ishgum-Addu
Ishgum-Addu was a sovereign.
Ishgum-Addu or Ishgum-Addad ( iš-gum DIŠKUR), or more probably Ishkun-Dagan ( iš-kun Dda-gan; died 2127 BC), was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, for eight years c. 2136-2127 BC, after the fall of Akkad. He had a son named Apil-kin according to the Shakkanakku Dynasty List, who ruled after him.
Ishgum-Addu appears in the Shakkanakku Dynasty Lists after Ishtup-Ilum. Besides his mention on the Shakkanakku List, no inscriptions are known of him.
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military governor of Mari
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