Back كوريغالزو الأول Arabic كوريجالزو الاول ARZ Курыгальзу I Byelorussian Kurigalzu I Catalan کوریگالزوی یەکەم CKB Kurigalzu I. Czech Kuri-galzu I. German Kurigalzu I Spanish Kurigalzu I.a Basque Kurigalzu Ier French
| Kurigalzu I | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
 ‘Aqar Qūf, ancient Dūr-Kurigalzu (monumental ziggurat remnant, west of Bagdad) | |
| Reign | x – 1375 BC |
| Predecessor | Kadašman-Ḫarbe I |
| Successor | Kadašman-Enlil I |
| House | Kassite |
Kurigalzu I (died c. 1375 BC), usually inscribed ku-ri-gal-zu but also sometimes with the m or d determinative,[1] the 17th king of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty that ruled over Babylon, was responsible for one of the most extensive and widespread building programs for which evidence has survived in Babylonia. The autobiography of Kurigalzu is one of the inscriptions which record that he was the son of Kadašman-Ḫarbe.[2] Galzu, whose possible native pronunciation was gal-du or gal-šu, was the name by which the Kassites called themselves and Kurigalzu may mean Shepherd of the Kassites (line 23. Ku-ur-gal-zu = Ri-'-i-bi-ši-i, in a Babylonian name-list).[3]
He was separated from his namesake, Kurigalzu II, by around forty-five years and as it was not the custom to assign regnal numbers and they both had lengthy reigns, this makes it exceptionally difficult to distinguish for whom an inscription is intended.[1] The later king is, however, better known for his military campaign against the Assyrians than any building work he may have undertaken. It is now thought, however, that it was he who was the Kurigalzu who conquered Susa and was perhaps instrumental in the ascendancy of the Igehalkid dynasty over Elam, ca. 1400 BC.[4]
- ^ a b Brinkman, J. A. (1976). Materials for the Study of Kassite History (PDF). Vol. I. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. pp. 205–246.
- ^ Longman, Tremper (July 1, 1990). Fictional Akkadian Autobiography: A Generic and Comparative Study. Eisenbrauns. pp. 88–91, 224–225. ISBN 0-931464-41-2.
- ^ Pinches, Theophilus G. (Jan 1917). "The Language of the Kassites". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 49 (1). Cambridge University Press: 106. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00049947. S2CID 163104776.
- ^ Vallat, F. (2000). "L'hommage de l'élamite Untash-Napirisha au Cassite Burnaburiash". Akkadica (114–115): 109–117.