Kings of Akkad

ruler of the Akkadian Empire (c. 2254–2218 BC)

thumb|Akkadian language cuneiform for Sharkalisharri. The star symbol "𒀭", the "[[Dingir", is a silent honorific for "Divine".]] Shar-Kali-Sharri (, DShar-ka-li-Sharri; died 2193 BC) reigned c. 2218–2193 BC (middle chronology) as the ruler of Akkad. In the early days of cuneiform scholarship the name was transcribed as "Shar-Gani-sharri". In the 1870s, Assyriologists thought Shar-Kali-Sharri was identical with the Sargon of Akkad, first ruler of Akkad, but this identification was recognized as mistaken in the 1910s. His name was sometimes written with the leading Dingir sign demarking deifica

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Royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia