Ansud

Ansud
King of Mari
Reignc. 2423 – 2416 BC. Middle chronology
PredecessorIkun-Shamagan
SuccessorSaʿumu
King of Mari

Ansud (also read as Ianupu, Yanup, Anubu, Gansud, Anusu and Hanusum),[1][2][3][4][5] was an early king (Lugal) of the second Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2423-2416 BC.[6] Ansud is known for warring against the Eblaites from a letter written by the later Mariote king Enna-Dagan.

Reign

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Identity

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It has been proposed that a bead (reference M. 4439) discovered at Mari, was sent as a gift by Mesannepada of Ur to king "Hanusum" (Gansud) of Mari.[7][8][9] This has now been corrected with new translations only giving Mesannepada as son of Meskalamdug:[10][11]

Mari bead[12]

𒀭𒈗𒌦 𒈩𒀭𒉌𒅆𒊒𒁕 𒈗 𒋀𒀊𒆠 𒌉 𒈩𒌦𒄭 𒈗 𒆧𒆠 𒀀 𒈬𒈾𒊒

dlugal-kalam mes-an-ne2-pa3-da lugal uri5ki dumu mes-ug-du10 lugal kishki a munaru

"To god Lugalkalam ("the Lord of the Land", identified with Dagan or Enlil), Mesannepada, king of Ur, son of Meskalamdug, king of Kish, has consecrated this bead""

— Mesannepada Mari bead[13][14][10][11][12][15]

It is unclear how this bead came to be in Mari, but this points to some kind of relation between Ur and Mari at that time.[9] The bead was discovered in a jar containing other objects from Ur or Kish.[16]

The letter of Enna-Dagan is extremely difficult to read,[17] and the word "Sa'umu" appeared in three passages of it.[3] In the second and third passages, the word referred to Ansud's successor Sa'umu.[3][18] However, in the first passage, "Sa'umu" was read as a verb by Giovanni Pettinato, who later read it as (Anudu).[3] Alfonso Archi, recognized that this verb is a personal name of a monarch and read it as Anubu (motivated by the Sumerian King List which record a dynasty of Mari and king Anbu as the first monarch of the dynasty).[3] However, the discovery of an intact (SKL) with the names of Mari's dynasty bearing no resemblance to second kingdom monarchs, eliminated the need for Archi's identification.[3] According to Michael Astour, the name is Anusu (Ansud) and must be correlated with king Hanusum.[5]

Campaigns

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In the letter Ansud is recorded defeating the cities of Aburu, Ilgi in the lands of Belan.[note 1][1][20] The king is also mentioned leaving ruins in the mountains of Labanan,[1] which were identified by Pettinato with Lebanon.[21] However, this identification was ruled as geographically impossible by Astour.[21]

King Ansud of Mari
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Mari
2423-2416 BC 		Succeeded by

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Belan is located 26 km west of Raqqa.[19]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c "Monuments of War, War of Monuments: Some Considerations on Commemorating War in the Third Millennium BC. Orientalia Vol.76/4". Davide Nadali. 2007. p. 354. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 463. ISBN 9781588390431.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica vol.4. Eisenbrauns. p. 57. ISBN 9781575060606.
  4. ^ Nakl. Ceskoslovenské akademie věd (1969). Archiv Orientální, Volume 37 (in French). p. 623.
  5. ^ a b Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica vol.4. Eisenbrauns. p. 58. ISBN 9781575060606.
  6. ^ William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 9781134520626.
  7. ^ Mario Liverani (2013). The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 9781134750849.
  8. ^ Parrot, André (1965). "Les Fouilles de Mari". Syria. 42 (3): 220. doi:10.3406/syria.1965.5808.
  9. ^ a b orientalia Vol.38. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 358.
  10. ^ a b Description with photograph: Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
  11. ^ a b Orientalia: Vol. 73. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 183.
  12. ^ a b Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
  13. ^ Orientalia: Vol. 73 (in Italian). Gregorian Biblical BookShop.
  14. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  15. ^ "Mission archéologique de Mari" volume 4, p. 44, fig. 35 (photo); p. 53, fig. 36
  16. ^ Matthews, Donald M. (1997). The Early Glyptic of Tell Brak: Cylinder Seals of Third Millennium Syria. Saint-Paul. p. 108. ISBN 978-3-525-53896-8.
  17. ^ Martha A. Morrison; David I. Owen (1987). General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 9/1. p. 12. ISBN 9780931464089.
  18. ^ Douglas Frayne (2008). Pre-Sargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC). p. 761. ISBN 9781442690479.
  19. ^ P.M. Michèle Daviau; Michael Weigl; John W. Wevers (2001). The World of the Aramaeans: Studies in Honour of Paul-Eugène Dion, Volume 1. p. 233. ISBN 9780567200495.
  20. ^ Winters, Ryan (2019). "Negotiating Exchange: Ebla and the International System of the Early Bronze Age" (PDF). PhD Diss., Harvard University: 42–43.
  21. ^ a b Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg (1992). Eblaitica vol.3. Eisenbrauns. p. 29. ISBN 9780931464348.
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