Agum III

Agum III
Reignca. 1470 BC
PredecessorKaštiliyåš III or Ulam-Buriyåš
SuccessorUnknown
HouseKassite

Agum III[nb 1] was a Kassite king of Babylon ca. mid-15th century BC. Speculatively, he might figure around the 13th position in the dynastic sequence; however, this part of the Kingslist A[i 1] has a lacuna, shared with the Assyrian Synchronistic Kinglist.[i 2]

Agum (usually called Agum III), son of Kaštiliyåš, appears to have been one of the successors to Burna-Buriyåš I, because he is mentioned in the Chronicle of Early Kings[i 3] after Ulam-Buriyåš, who was a son of a Burna-Buriyåš.[1] Although this source does not give him a royal title, it is inconsistent in this regard and does say he called up his own army, ummānšu idkēma.[2]


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  1. ^ Leonhard Sassmannshausen (2004). "Babylonian Chronology of the 2nd Half of the 2nd Millennium B.C.". In H. Hunger and R. Pruzsinszky (ed.). Mesopotamian Dark Age Revisited (PDF). Vienna: Verlag Der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 157–177.
  2. ^ J. A. Brinkman (1976). "Agum". Materials for the Study of Kassite History, Vol. I (MSKH I). Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. pp. 98–99.

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