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Sargon of Akkad

Third-millennium BCE king associated with later birth and ascent traditions.

The protagonist does not date the story; the copy does not identify its first formulation
The protagonist does not date the story; the copy does not identify its first formulationIL Archive · original diagram · CC BYImage source

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Sargon’s birth legend narrates a child’s survival and rise and is sometimes compared with Exodus 2. The familiar K 3401 witness from NinevehNineveh and KuyunjikNineveh is an ancient Assyrian city near Mosul in northern Iraq; Kuyunjik is one of its archaeological moundsGlossary · Click to read the explanation is Neo-Assyrian, not contemporary with the king. [1]

Sargon’s antiquity dates neither the legend’s details nor direct borrowing by the MosesMosesCentral figure in Exodus, Torah traditions and the Qur’an; childhood accounts differ in detail.Glossary · Click to read the explanation story. The diagram distinguishes dates; it is not a royal portrait or archaeological reconstruction. [2]

References and notes

  1. CDLI, P365306, K 03401 + Sm 2118: Sargon birth legend Artifact metadata: Nineveh, Neo-Assyrian period; witness date differs from Sargon’s lifetime. Return to the text ↑
  2. James A. Loader, “The beautiful infant and Israel’s salvation”, HTS 67/1 (2011), article 913 Introduction and infant-Moses section: comparison and scholarly interpretations; direct dependence not presented as consensus. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Sargon of Akkad», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/sargon-of-akkad