Naram-Sin of Eshnunna
| Narām-Sîn Naram-Suen | |
|---|---|
| Ensi (issakkum) of Eshnunna | |
| King of Eshnunna | |
| Reign | c. 1810-1801 BCE |
| Died | c. 1801 BC |
| Father | Ipiq-Adad II |
Naram-Sin was the King of Eshnunna for at least nine years[1] during the later 19th century BCE, during its brief time of political power.
Early Life
[edit]He is known to be the son of Ipiq-Adad II, king of Eshnunna.
Reign
[edit]He succeeded his father on the throne and reigned around 1810-1801 BCE.[2]
Shamshi-Adad
[edit]He was contemporary of Shamshi-Adad I, the future king of the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia.[3] Shamshi-Adad was apparently ousted from his city by Naram-Sin which led to a brief exile in Babylon.
Military campaigns
[edit]He continued the expansion of Eshnunna begun by his father, Ipiq-Adad II. He raided the Khabur triangle up to Ašnakkum.[4]
An inscription praying for the king's peace was found in Kythira.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian period (2003-1595 BC). Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-4426-7803-3. OCLC 288092394.
- ^ Arkhipov, Ilya, 'The Middle East after the Fall of Ur: From Assur to the Levant', in Karen Radner, Nadine Moeller, and D. T. Potts (eds), The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II: Volume II: From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon (New York, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 Aug. 2022)
- ^ Frayne, Douglas R. “Naram-Suen and the Mušḫuššu Serpents.” Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 102, no. 3, 1982, pp. 511–13
- ^ Charpin 2004b: 131
- ^ Weidner, Ernst F.; Thomas, Helen (1939). "The Inscription from Kythera". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 59 (1): 137–138. doi:10.2307/626920. ISSN 2041-4099. JSTOR 626920. S2CID 161571860.
See also
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