Ammi-Ditana
| Ammi-Ditana | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
| Reign | c. 1684 – c. 1647 BC |
| Predecessor | Abi-Eshuh |
| Successor | Ammi-Saduqa |
| Died | c. 1647 BC |
| Issue |
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| Father | Abi-Eshuh |
Ammī-ditāna[1] (died c. 1647 BC) was a king of Babylon who reigned 1683–1647 BC (according to the Middle Chronology;[2] or 1675–1639 BC according to the Lower Middle Chronology)[3]. He was the son and successor of Abi-Eshuh.[4]
Year-names survive for the first 37 years of his reign, plus fragments for a few possible additional years. His reign was a largely peaceful one; he was primarily engaged in enriching and enlarging the temples, and a few other building projects, although in his 37th regnal year he recorded having destroyed the city wall of Der, built earlier by King Damiq-ilishu of Isin.[5]
Ammi-Ditana was succeeded by his eldest son Ammi-Saduqa.[6]
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Family
The wife of Ammī-ditāna and mother of his successor was possibly named Šamuḫtum.[7] At least three children of the king are attested:
- Ammi-Saduqa, the eldest son and his father’s successor (possibly by Šamuḫtum)[8]
- Šumum-libši[9]
- Unnamed female, married at the behest of her brother Šumum-libši[10]
Possible children:
Literature
Ammi-Ditana is known for his association with literary works. One work is called Ammī-ditāna's hymn to Ištar.[14][15] Another work is Di 1353, a letter to chief lamentation priest of Annunītum on the provision of fodder barley for livestock in Nakkamtum.[16]
References
- ↑ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 411.
- ↑ C. B. F. Walker, "Mesopotamian Chronology," in: Dominique Collon, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Berkeley, 1995: 235.
- ↑ T. De Jong and "A New Look at the Venus Observations of Ammisaduqa," Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Luxe 42 (2010) 141–157.
- ↑ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 411.
- ↑ Year-names for Ammi-ditana
- ↑ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 425; Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 227.
- ↑ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219; but as noted by Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 33, the king's mother Šamuḫtum is not explicitly associated with any named king.
- ↑ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 426; Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
- ↑ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
- ↑ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
- ↑ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 30, 31, 35, 37.
- ↑ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
- ↑ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
- ↑ "Ammi-ditāna's hymn to Ištar".
- ↑ Dominique Charpin, Dietz Otto Edzard, and Marten Stol, Mesopotamien: Die altbabylonische Zeit Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/4. Fribourg, 2004: 510–514.
- ↑ Caroline, Jensen (2021). "By Order of the King: Ammi-Ditana's Letter on the Provision of Fodder Barley for the Sheep and Oxen of the Nakkamtum". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 73: 71–87. doi:10.1086/716094. S2CID 235798997.
