Ili-Ishar, also Ilum-Ishar (๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฌ, Il3-Ishar), was a ruler of the city of
Mari, northern
Mesopotamia, after the fall of the
Akkadian Empire c. 2084-2072 BCE.[2] His father was
Apil-Kin (๐๐๐ ๐ ), and his brother was
Tura-Dagan, who succeeded him.[3]
He held the title of
Shakkanakku (military governor), which was borne by all the princes of a dynasty who reigned at
Mari in the late third millennium and early second millennium BC. These kings were the descendants of the military governors appointed by the kings of
Akkad.[4] He was contemporary of the
Third Dynasty of Ur, and probably their vassal.[5]
Several brick inscriptions in the name of Ili-Ishar have been found in Mari, describing the building of a canal:
"Ilum-iลกar, ลกakkanakku of Mari, made the แธชubur go down to Bฤb-Mฤr"
On some of his inscriptions, Ili-Ishar uses the title dannum' ("the Great") in front of his function Shakkanakku ("Military Governor"), a practice which is first attested at Mari from the inscriptions of Apil-Kin, and was initially introduced by
Naram-Sin of the
Akkadian Empire.[8]
Inscription "Ili-Ishar Shakkanakku Mari-ki" (๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฌ ๐๐ด ๐ ๐ท๐ , "Ili-Ishar, Military Governor of Mari") on the brick
^Loisel, Anne-Caroline Rendu.
"Ilum-Isar et Apil-Kin, deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari/Tell Hariri". In L. Feliu / J. Llop / A. Millet Alba / J. Sanmartin (Ed), Time and History in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 56, Barcelone, Juillet 2010, Pp.633-643.
^THUREAU-DANGIN, F. (1936). "TEXTES DE MรRI". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archรฉologie orientale. 33 (4): 177โ179.
ISSN0373-6032.
JSTOR23284100.
^Loisel, Anne-Caroline Rendu.
"Ilum-Isar et Apil-Kin, deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari/Tell Hariri". In L. Feliu / J. Llop / A. Millet Alba / J. Sanmartin (Ed), Time and History in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 56, Barcelone, Juillet 2010, Pp.633-643: 649.
Ili-Ishar, also Ilum-Ishar (๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฌ, Il3-Ishar), was a ruler of the city of
Mari, northern
Mesopotamia, after the fall of the
Akkadian Empire c. 2084-2072 BCE.[2] His father was
Apil-Kin (๐๐๐ ๐ ), and his brother was
Tura-Dagan, who succeeded him.[3]
He held the title of
Shakkanakku (military governor), which was borne by all the princes of a dynasty who reigned at
Mari in the late third millennium and early second millennium BC. These kings were the descendants of the military governors appointed by the kings of
Akkad.[4] He was contemporary of the
Third Dynasty of Ur, and probably their vassal.[5]
Several brick inscriptions in the name of Ili-Ishar have been found in Mari, describing the building of a canal:
"Ilum-iลกar, ลกakkanakku of Mari, made the แธชubur go down to Bฤb-Mฤr"
On some of his inscriptions, Ili-Ishar uses the title dannum' ("the Great") in front of his function Shakkanakku ("Military Governor"), a practice which is first attested at Mari from the inscriptions of Apil-Kin, and was initially introduced by
Naram-Sin of the
Akkadian Empire.[8]
Inscription "Ili-Ishar Shakkanakku Mari-ki" (๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฌ ๐๐ด ๐ ๐ท๐ , "Ili-Ishar, Military Governor of Mari") on the brick
^Loisel, Anne-Caroline Rendu.
"Ilum-Isar et Apil-Kin, deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari/Tell Hariri". In L. Feliu / J. Llop / A. Millet Alba / J. Sanmartin (Ed), Time and History in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 56, Barcelone, Juillet 2010, Pp.633-643.
^THUREAU-DANGIN, F. (1936). "TEXTES DE MรRI". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archรฉologie orientale. 33 (4): 177โ179.
ISSN0373-6032.
JSTOR23284100.
^Loisel, Anne-Caroline Rendu.
"Ilum-Isar et Apil-Kin, deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari/Tell Hariri". In L. Feliu / J. Llop / A. Millet Alba / J. Sanmartin (Ed), Time and History in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 56, Barcelone, Juillet 2010, Pp.633-643: 649.