Аккад әулетінің үшінші патшасы – Маништушу

Third king of the Akkadian Empire

Manishtushu (Man ištušu) (, Ma an ish tu su) c. 2270 2255 BC (middle chronology) was the third (or possibly second) king of the Akkadian Empire, reigning 15 years from c. 2270 BC until his death in c. 2255 BC His name means "Who is with him?". He was the son of Sargon the Great, the founder of the Akkadian Empire, and he was succeeded by his son, Naram Sin who also deified him posthumously. A cylinder seal, of unknown provenance, clearly from the reign of Naram Sin or later, refers to the deified Manishtushu i. e. "(For) the divine Man istusu: Taribu, the wife of Lugal ezen, had (this seal) fashioned".

Various bits and pieces of the statues and monuments of Manishtushu have been found. They are identified by contemporary inscriptions, by added later inscriptions (mostly in the Elamite language where the name was rendered Ma an iš du uz z) and, somewhat more controversial, on stylistic and iconographic bases. An example is the combination of fragment SB 49 (stool) and SB 50 (legs), held at the Louvre Museum, sometimes referred to as the "throne of Manishtushu". It was found at Susa and carried an Elamite language inscription by ruler Shutruk Nahhunte (c. 1184 to 1155 BC) who carried it away from Eshnunna after a raid. Another exemplar, found at Susa and inscribed a millennium later by Shutruk Nakhunte is the statue composed of fragments fragments SB 47 (body) + SB 9099 (hands) said by Shutruk Nakhunte to be of Manishtushu. "I am Shutruk Nahhunte, son of Hallutush Inshushinak, beloved servant of the god Inshushinak, king of Anshan and Susa, who has enlarged the kingdom, who takes care of the lands of Elam, the lord of the land of Elam. When the god Inshushinak gave me the order, I defeated Akkad. I took the stele of Manishtushu and carried it off, bringing it to the land of Elam."