Igrish-Halam

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Igrish-Halam
King of Ebla
Reignc. 2360 BC.
Middle chronology
PredecessorAdub-Damu
SuccessorIrkab-Damu
King of Ebla
First Eblaite Empire.

Igrish-Halam or Igriš-Halab,

city state of Ebla.[2][3] His name means "(The god of) Halab has 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

He ruled for 12 years[5] and was succeeded by his son Irkab-Damu who was a more vigorous ruler.

Conflict with Mari

His reign was characterized by an Eblaite weakness, and tribute paying to the kingdom of

Sahiri was instrumental in this tribute
payment.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Archi 2010, p. 3.
  2. ^ Gregorio del Olmo Lete, Mythologie et religion des sémites occidentaux, Nummer 1 page118 (2008)
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Archi 2010, p. 4.
  5. . p3-16.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. p. 462.

Bibliography

  • 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 (
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