Isar-Damu
| Isar-Damu | |
|---|---|
| King of Ebla | |
| Tenure | c. 2320 BC.Middle chronology |
| Predecessor | Irkab-Damu |
| Successor | Ir'ak-Damu |
| King of Ebla | |
| Wife | Tabur-Damu.[1] |
| Issue | Ir'ak-Damu Princess Tagris-Damu.[2] |
| Father | Irkab-Damu |
| Mother | Dusigu |
Isar-Damu(reigned c. 2320 BC),[3]was the king (Malikum) of the firstEblaite kingdom.Isar-Damu fought along war with Mariwhich ended in Eblaite victory; he was probably the last king of the first kingdom.
Reign[edit]
Isar-Damu succeeded his father Irkab-Damu as a young child; his mother, Dusigu, seems to have taken advantage of her position as her husband favorite consort and her probable familial relation to the powerfulvizierIbriumin order to elevate her son to the throne, despite him being one of Irkab-Damu youngest sons.[4]
The first years of Isar-Damus's reign were dominated by his mother and the vizier; texts from Ebla show that Isar-Damu's name appeared on official documents after that of his mother.[5]Ibrium was the commander of the army and he conducted multiple campaigns against rebellious vassal-rulers or neighboring kingdoms.[6]
Isar-Damu concluded an alliance withNagarand the relations progressed toward a dynastic marriage between princessTagrish-Damu,Isar-Damu's daughter, and princeUltum-Huhu,Nagar's monarch's son.[7][8]In year seven ofIbrium's term, Nagar was defeated by Mari, causing the blockage of trade routes between Ebla and southern Mesopotamia via upper Mesopotamia.[9]
Ibrium became vizier two years prior to Isar-Damu reign and kept his office for 20 years dying in Isar-Damu's 18th regnal year;[6][10]three years later, queen mother Dusigu died.[11]Following Ibrium's death, an Eblaite campaign was sent againstAlalakh.[12]Isar-Damu concluded an alliance with Nagar andKishagainst Mari,[13]and the campaign was headed by the Eblaite vizierIbbi-Sipish,Ibrium's son, who led the combined armies to victory in a battle nearTerqa.[14]Afterwards, the alliance attacked the rebellious Eblaite vassal city ofArmi.[15]
Succession[edit]
Isar-Damu ruled 35 years,[16]and his main wife was Tabur-Damu but his crown princeIr'ak-Damuwas his son by an earlier consort whose name is unknown.[11]Although Isar-Damu is generally considered Ebla's first kingdom last monarch, his son Ir'ak-Damu, who was married to Za'ase, Ibbi-Sipish's daughter,[4]might have succeeded him for a short period.[17]
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Citations[edit]
- ^Maria Giovanna Biga (2003).Orientalia: Vol. 72.p. 350.
- ^W. de Gruyter (2002).Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie, Volume 92.p. 172.
- ^William J. Hamblin (2006-09-27).Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC.p. 239.ISBN9781134520626.
- ^abMaria Giovanna Biga (2003).Orientalia: Vol. 72.pp. 355–356.
- ^Maria Giovanna Biga (2003).Orientalia: Vol. 72.p. 356.
- ^abMario Liverani (2013).The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy.p. 123.ISBN9781134750917.
- ^Erich Ebeling (2001).Nab - Nuzi.p. 75.ISBN9783110172966.
- ^David Oates; Joan Oates; Helen McDonald (2001).Excavations at Tell Brak: vol 2. Nagar in the third millennium BC.p. 100.ISBN9780951942093.
- ^Vyve, Anne-Sophie Van; Jans, Greta; Bretschneider, Joachim (2009)."War of the lords. The battle of chronology - page.5".Joachim Bretschneider, Anne-Sophie Van Vyve, Greta Jans Leuven.Retrieved6 April2015.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^Maria Giovanna Biga (2003).Orientalia: Vol. 72.p. 354.
- ^abMaria Giovanna Biga (2003).Orientalia: Vol. 72.p. 359.
- ^Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum; Nicole Brisch; Jesper Eidem (2014).Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State.p. 97.ISBN9783110266412.
- ^Amanda H. Podany (2010).Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East.p. 57.ISBN9780199798759.
- ^Mario Liverani (2013).The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy.p. 208.ISBN9781134750917.
- ^Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum; Nicole Brisch; Jesper Eidem (2014).Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State.p. 103.ISBN9783110266412.
- ^Archi, Alfonso (2011). "Alfonso Archi and Maria Giovanna Biga, In Search of Armi".Journal of Cuneiform Studies.63.The American Schools of Oriental Research: 5–34.doi:10.5615/jcunestud.63.0005.JSTOR10.5615/jcunestud.63.0005.S2CID163552750.
- ^Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002).Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4.p. 218.ISBN978-1-57506-060-6.