Gungunum

Gungunum

Gungunum (Akkadian: 𒀭𒄖𒌦𒄖𒉡𒌝, Dgu-un-gu-nu-um) was a king of the city state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, ruling from 1932 to 1906 BC. According to the traditional king list for Larsa, he was the fifth king to rule the city, and in his own inscriptions he identifies himself as a son of Samium and brother to his immediate predecessor Zabaya. His name is Amorite, and originates in the word gungun, meaning "protection", "defence" or "shelter". During the time Gungunum occupied the throne, Larsa went from being a city of lesser importance to become a powerful challenger to Isin, the dominant power in southern Mesopotamia since the fall of the Ur III empire in 2002 BC. Gungunum's reign of 27 years is also much better documented than those of his predecessors, as we have a complete chronological list of all his year names, as well as four of his royal inscriptions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gungunum has received more than 35,510 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gungunum is the 10,174th most popular politician (down from 9,353rd in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 217th in 2019) and the 157th most popular Iraqi Politician.