Zariqum

Zariqum or Zarriqum[1] was a Sumerian governor (šakkanakkum)[2] of the city of Assur under the Third Dynasty of Ur, attested there between the 44th year of Shulgi (c. 2050 BC) and the 5th year of Amar-Sin (c. 2041 BC).

[5][6] Under the Sumerian Ur III empire, Assur is generally believed to have formed the northernmost peripheral province.

[1] In the ruins of one of the city's temples, dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, an inscription by Zariqum states that he founded a new temple in the city, dedicated to the goddess Bēlat-ekallim (i.e. Ninegal), for the life of Amar-Sin, king of Ur.

[2] Zariqum was previously believed to have had a long and wide-spanning career, also having been a military officer and a governor of Susa in Elam, due to the name Zariqum also being attested for contemporary individuals with those positions.

[7] This biography of a member of a Middle Eastern royal house is a stub.