Sin-Iddinam
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Sin-Iddinam ruled the ancient Near East
city-state
of Larsa
from 1785 BC to 1778 BC. He was the son of Nur-Adad
, with
whom there may have been a short co-regency overlap.
The annals for his 7 year reign record that he campaigned against Babylon
in year 4, Ibrat and Malgium in year 5, and Eshnunna in year 6.
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
city-state
of Larsa
Larsa
Larsa was an important city of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu. It lies some 25 km southeast of Uruk in Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal at the site of the modern settlement Tell as-Senkereh or Sankarah.-History:According to...
from 1785 BC to 1778 BC. He was the son of Nur-Adad
Nur-Adad
Nur-Adad ruled the ancient Near East city-stateof Larsa from 1801 BC to 1785 BC. He was a contemporary of Sumu-la-El of Babylon....
, with
whom there may have been a short co-regency overlap.
The annals for his 7 year reign record that he campaigned against Babylon
Babylon
Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
in year 4, Ibrat and Malgium in year 5, and Eshnunna in year 6.
See also
- Chronology of the ancient Near EastChronology of the ancient Near EastThe chronology of the Ancient Near East provides a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Individual inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers, taking forms like "in the year X of king Y". Thus by piecing together many...
- Mashkan-shapirMashkan-shapirMashkan-shapir was an ancient city in the Ancient Near East roughly northof Nippur and around southeast of Baghdad.The city god of Mashkan-shapir was Nergal and a temple named Meslam...