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evidence: Sargon I -LRB- also transcribed as Sarru-kin I and Sharru-ken I -RRB- was the king -LRB- Issi'ak Assur , `` Steward of Assur '' -RRB- of the Old Assyrian Empire from c. 1920 BC -- c. 1881 BC .. king. Assyrian King List. Assur. Assur. Old Assyrian Empire. Old Assyrian Empire. On the Assyrian King List , Sargon appears as the son and successor of Ikunum , and the father and predecessor of Puzur-Ashur II .. Assyrian King List. Assyrian King List. Ikunum. Ikunum. Puzur-Ashur II. Puzur-Ashur II. The name `` Sargon '' means `` the king is legitimate '' in the Akkadian language .. king. Assyrian King List. Akkadian language. Akkadian language. Sargon I may have been named after Sargon of Akkad , perhaps reflecting the extent to which Sargon I identified with the prestigious Dynasty of Akkad .. Sargon of Akkad. Sargon of Akkad. Dynasty of Akkad. Akkadian Empire. Sargon I is known for his work refortifying Assur .. Assur. Assur. Very little is otherwise known about Sargon I .. 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 .. limmu. limmu. Dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the solar eclipse recorded in the limmu of Puzur-Ishtar  :. limmu. limmu. solar eclipse. List of solar eclipses in the 19th century BC. limmu of Puzur-Ishtar. Mari eponym chronicles. 1905 BC Irisum son of Iddin-Assur. 1904 BC Assur-malik son of Agatum. 1903 BC Assur-malik son of Enania. 1902 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada. 1901 BC Bazia son of Bal-Tutu. 1900 BC Puzur-Istar son of Sabasia. 1899 BC Pisah-Ili son of Adin. 1898 BC Asqudum son of Lapiqum. 1897 BC Ili-pilah son of Damqum. 1896 BC Qulali. 1895 BC Susaya. 1894 BC Amaya the Weaponer. 1893 BC Iphurum son of Ili-ellat. 1892 BC Kudanum son of Laqipum. 1891 BC Ili-bani son of Ikunum. Ikunum. Ikunum. 1890 BC Su-Kubum son of Susaya. 1889 BC Quqidi son of Amur-Assur. 1888 BC Abia son of Nur-Suen. 1887 BC Su-Istar son of Sukutum. 1886 BC Bazia son of Sepa-lim. 1885 BC Su-Istar son of Ikunum , the starlike -LRB- kakkabanum -RRB-. Ikunum. Ikunum. 1884 BC Abia son of Su-Dagan. 1883 BC Salia son of Sabakuranum. 1882 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum. 1881 BC Ahmarsi son of Malkum-isar. 1880 BC Sukkalia son of Minanum. 1879 BC Iddin-Assur son of Kubidi. 1878 BC Sudaya son of Ennanum. 1877 BC Al-tab son of Pilah-Assur. 1876 BC Assur-dammiq son of Abarsisum. 1875 BC Puzur-Nirah son of Puzur-Suen. 1874 BC Amur-Assur son of Karria. 1873 BC Buzuzu son of Ibbi-Suen. 1872 BC Su-Hubur son of Elali. 1871 BC Ilsu-rabi son of Bazia. 1870 BC Alahum son of Inah-ili. 1869 BC Tab-Assur son of Suharum. 1868 BC Elali son of Ikunum. Ikunum. Ikunum. 1867 BC Iddin-abum son of Narbitum. 1866 BC Adad-bani son of Iddin-Assur. 1865 BC Assur-iddin son of Suli