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Sulili

2100 BC – 2060 BC

Assyrian king

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About Sulili

Lived 2100 BC – 2060 BC. Sulili was a sovereign.

Sulili (; ) was according to the Assyrian King List (AKL) the 27th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He also appears within the Assyrian King List as the first out of the six kings “(whose names were written on?) bricks but whose eponyms are (not known?)". Additionally, it is stated within the Assyrian King List that he was the successor of and “son of Aminu". Aminu had himself been the son of and successor of Ila-kabkabu, and Aminu and Ila-kabkabu were among the 10 kings “who are ancestors".

The section within the Assyrian King List “kings who are ancestors/whose fathers are known” In keeping with this assumption, scholars have inferred that the original form of the Assyrian King List had been written, among other things, as an “attempt to justify that Shamshi-Adad I was a legitimate ruler of the city-state Assur and to obscure his non-Assyrian antecedents by incorporating his ancestors into a native Assyrian genealogy.” Sulili is also shown as being the predecessor of Kikkia within the Assyrian King List.

A man by the name "Silulu" is attested as an early ruler of Assur by contemporary seals. He is perhaps possible to identify with the otherwise unattested Sulili, but the inscription identifies Silulu's father as Dakiki, "herald of the city of Ashur", which does not fit with the genealogy of the Assyrian King List.

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Important facts

Born
2100 BC
Birth century
Died
2060 BC
Occupation
Nationality
Assyrian Empire
Positions held
King of Assyria

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Sulili's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Sulili?

Assyrian king

When was Sulili born?

Sulili was born in 2100 BC.

When did Sulili die?

Sulili died in 2060 BC.

What was Sulili's occupation?

Sulili was a sovereign.

What nationality was Sulili?

Sulili's recorded nationality: Assyrian Empire.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sulili

· Wikidata: Q392628

· DBpedia: Sulili

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