Puzur-Samukan (literally “The Secret of Samukan” ) ( Sumer. Puzur 4 - d niraḫ Puzur-Nirah ) - king ( lugal ) of the ancient Semitic city of Akshak ( Ancient Mesopotamia ), who ruled in the XXV century BC. e.
Succeeded by Zuzu . During the reign of Puzur-Samukan in Kish , his own dynasty was established , the ancestor of which was Queen Ku-Baba , who for a while captured the hegemony over Sumer . The Weidner Chronicle, also known as the Esagila Chronicle, compiled several centuries later, explains this with the crimes of Puzur-Nirah before the main deity of Babylon, Marduk .
“During the reign of Puzur-Nirah, King Akshak, Esagila fishermen fished for the meal of the great lord Marduk; the king’s guards took fish away. The fisherman was fishing when 7 (or 8) days later [...] in the house of Kubab, the innkeeper [...] they led to Esagila. At this time, [...] again for Esagila [...] Kubaba gave bread to the fisherman and gave him water, she offered him fish for Esagila. Marduk, the lord and prince Abzu , drew attention to her and said: "So be it!" He entrusted Kubaba, the innkeeper, with sovereignty over the whole world. ” [one]
However, it should be noted that at that time neither Babylon nor its god Marduk had exactly any political significance and the chronicle is a clear anachronism , although not without some historical truth.
According to the " Sumerian royal list ", Puzur-Sumukan ruled for 20 years.
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- History of the Ancient East. The origin of the oldest class societies and the first foci of slave civilization. Part 1. Mesopotamia / Edited by I. M. Dyakonov . - M .: The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house " Science ", 1983. - 534 p. - 25,050 copies.
- Ancient East and antiquity . // Rulers of the World. Chronological and genealogical tables on world history in 4 vols. / Compiled by V.V. Erlikhman . - T. 1.
| Akshak Dynasty | ||
| Predecessor: Zuzu | King Akshak XXV century BC e. | Successor: Ishuel |