Akkadian royal titulary
Specific locations and peoples (examples)

Akkadian royal titulary

Section Title: Specific locations and peoples (examples)
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Title in Akkadian	Translation	Example user(s)	Notes

Išši’ak Aššur	Governor of Assyria (on behalf of the gods)	Shamshi-Adad I	Ruling title of the Old and Middle Assyrian kings.

šakkanakki Bābili	Governor of Babylon	Sargon II, Esarhaddon	Ruling title of the Old Babylonian kings. Title employed by some Assyrian kings who ruled over Babylon.

šar Akkadi	King of the Akkadians	Agum III	Variant of šar māt Akkadi only recorded for Agum III of Babylon (c. 1470 BC).

šar Amnānu	King of the Amnanu	Shamash-shum-ukin	Expressing kingship over the Amnanu, an Amorite tribal group settled in Babylonia. Only recorded for Shamash-shum-ukin (r. 667–648 BC).

šar Bābili	King of Babylon	Sargon II, Esarhaddon	Ruling title of monarchs of Babylon.

šar Karuduniaš	King of Karduniaš	Agum III, Karaindash	Title used by the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, Karduniaš being the Kassite name for the kingdom centered in Babylon.

šar Kašši	King of the Kassites	Agum III, Karaindash	Title used by the Kassite dynasty of Babylon.

šar Kaššu	Kassite king	Agum III, Karaindash	Title used by the Kassite dynasty of Babylon.

šar māt Akkadi	King of (the land of) Akkad	Ur-Nammu	Combined with "king of Sumer" by Ur-Nammu (r. 2112–2095 BC), thereafter only occurs in the combined form "king of Sumer and Akkad".

šar māt Aššur	King of (the land of) Assyria	Sargon II, Esarhaddon	Ruling title of the Neo-Assyrian kings.

šar māt Bābil	King of (the land of) Babylonia	Agum III, Karaindash	Rare variant of the Babylonian royal title recorded for some Kassite kings.

šar māt Padan u Alman	King of (the land of) Padan and Alman	Agum III	Title only recorded for Agum III of Babylon (c. 1470 BC).

šar māt Šumeri	King of (the land of) Sumer	Ur-Nammu	Combined with "king of Akkad" by Ur-Nammu (r. 2112–2095 BC), thereafter only occurs in the combined form "king of Sumer and Akkad".

Sentence(s)

Ur-Nammu (r. 2112–2095 BC), combined the title of "king of Akkad" with the "king of Sumer", creating the title of "king of Sumer and Akkad".

final_sentence: Ur-Nammu (r. 2112–2095 BC), combined the title of "king of Akkad" with the "king of Sumer", creating the title of "king of Sumer and Akkad".