Igrish-Halam
Appearance
Igrish-Halam | |
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King of Ebla | |
Reign | c. 2360 BC.Middle chronology |
Predecessor | Adub-Damu |
Successor | Irkab-Damu |
King of Ebla |
Igrish-HalamorIgriš-Halab,[1]was akingof the ancientcity stateofEbla.[2][3]His name means "(The god of)Halabhas driven away (the opponent) ", hence, the name might be a commemoration of an Eblaite victory that led to the incorporation of lands beyond the city of Halab.[4]
Reign
[edit]He ruled for 12 years[5]and was succeeded by his sonIrkab-Damuwho was a more vigorous ruler.
Conflict with Mari
[edit]His reign was characterized by an Eblaite weakness, and tribute paying to the kingdom ofMari,[6][7]with whom Ebla fought a long war.[8]His battle withIblul-IlofMariatSahiriwas instrumental in thistributepayment.
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Archi 2010,p. 3.
- ^Gregorio del Olmo Lete, Mythologie et religion des sémites occidentaux, Nummer 1page118(2008)
- ^Antonio Panaino and Giovanni Pettinato,Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena: Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Held in Chicago, USA, October 27–31, 2000|page 200( 2002)
- ^Archi 2010,p. 4.
- ^Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. 4. (University of Toronto Press, 1990).ISBN978-0-8020-5873-7.p3-16.
- ^Tonietti, Maria Vittoria (2010). "Musicians in the Ebla Texts". In Pruzsinszky, Regine; Shehata, Dahlia. Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken.( LIT Verlag Münster., 2010) p69
- ^Nadali, Davide (2007). "Monuments of War, War of Monuments: Some Considerations on Commemorating War in the Third Millennium BC". Orientalia. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. 76 (4). p350. OCLC 557711946.
- ^Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. p. 462.
Bibliography
[edit]- Archi, Alfonso (2010). "Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period".IRAQ.72: In Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor David Hawkins. Cambridge University Press - On Behalf of The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude BellMemorial).ISSN0021-0889.JSTOR20779017.