Sargon I was the king (Ià ¡à ¡iâÂÂak Aà ¡à ¡ur, "Steward of Assur"; died 1881 BC) during the Old Assyrian period from 1921 BC to 1881 BC.
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 à  arru-kën I and Sharru-ken I) means "the king is legitimate" in Akkadian. Sargon I might have been named after Sargon of Akkad, both Akkad and Assyria being Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states, perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigious Dynasty of Akkad in a similar way to Naram-Sin of Assyria likely being named after the Akkadian king of the same name.
Sargon I is known for his work refortifying Assur, the Assyrian capital. Very little is otherwise yet known about Sargon I, although he presided over Assyria's trading colonies (Karum) in southeast Anatolia, the most prominent being Kanish (modern Kultepe), where his limmu lists have been uncovered.
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. Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the solar eclipse recorded in the limmu of Puzur-Ishtar: 1920 BC Irià ¡um son of Iddin-Aà ¡à ¡ur<br /> 1919 BC Aà ¡à ¡ur-malik son of Agatum<br /> 1918 BC Aà ¡à ¡ur-malik son of Enania<br /> 1917 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada<br /> 1916 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu<br /> 1915 BC Puzur-Ià ¡tar son of Sabasia<br /> 1914 BC Pià ¡aḫ-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 à  u-Kubum son of Susaya<br /> 1904 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Aà ¡à ¡ur<br /> 1903 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen<br /> 1902 BC à  u-Ià ¡tar son of à  ukutum<br /> 1901 BC Bazia son of à  epa-lim<br /> 1900 BC à  u-Ià ¡tar son of Ikunum, the starlike (kakkabanum)<br /> 1899 BC Abia son of à  u-Dagan<br /> 1898 BC Salia son of à  abakuranum<br /> 1897 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum<br /> 1896 BC Aḫmarà ¡i son of Malkum-ià ¡ar<br /> 1895 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum<br /> 1894 BC Iddin-Aà ¡à ¡ur son of Kubidi<br /> 1893 BC à  udaya son of Ennanum<br /> 1892 BC Al-á¹Âab son of Pilaḫ-Aà ¡à ¡ur<br /> 1891 BC Aà ¡à ¡ur-dammiq son of Abarsisum<br /> 1890 BC Puzur-Niraḫ son of Puzur-Suen<br /> 1889 BC Amur-Aà ¡à ¡ur son of Karria<br /> 1888 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen<br /> 1887 BC à  u-Ḫubur son of Elali<br /> 1886 BC Ilà ¡u-rabi son of Bazia<br /> 1885 BC Alaḫum son of Inaḫ-ili<br /> 1884 BC Ṭab-Aà ¡à ¡ur 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-Aà ¡à ¡ur<br /> 1880 BC Aà ¡à ¡ur-iddin son of à  uli