Zambiya

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Zambīia
King of Isin
Inscribed Cone of King Zambiya of Isin, Isin-Larsa period, reign of Zambiya, c. 1836-1834 BC, baked clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
Reignc. 1774 BC – 1772 BC
PredecessorEnlil-bāni
SuccessorIter-piša
House1st Dynasty of Isin

Zambīia, dza-am-bi-ia, c. 1774 – 1772 BC (

short chronology) or c. 1836 – 1834 BC (middle chronology), was the 11th king of the 1st Dynasty of Isin. He is best known for his defeat at the hands of Sin-iqišam, king of Larsa
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Biography

According to the Sumerian King List,[i 1] Zambīia reigned for 3 years.[1] He was a contemporary of Sin-iqišam king of Larsa, whose fifth and final year-name celebrates his victory over Zambīia: “year the army of (the land of) Elam (and Zambīia (the king of Isin),) was/were defeated by arms,” suggesting a confederation between Isin and Elam against Larsa. The city of Nippur was hotly contested between the city-states. If Zambīia survived this battle, he may have possibly gone on to be contemporary with Sin-iqišam’s successors, Ṣilli-Adad and Warad-Sin.[2]

A single inscription is known for this king, on cone fragments,[i 2] which reads:

Zambīia, the shepherd who reveres Nippur, farmer who brings tall flax and grain for

Ištar”.[3]

— Zambīia, Commemorative inscription for great wall of Isin

A votive dedication to the goddess

Nanše on behalf of Zambīia was copied from an inscription on a bronze buck.[4]

External links

Inscriptions

  1. ^ The Sumerian King List, WB 444, Ash. 1923.444, the Weld-Blundell prism.
  2. ^ A 7557, IM 77073.

References

  1. ^ Jöran Friberg (2007). A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts. Springer. p. 231.
  2. ^ Marten Stol (1976). Studies in Old Babylonian history. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul. p. 15.
  3. ^ Douglas Frayne (1990). Old Babylonian period (2003-1595 BC): Early Periods, Volume 4 (RIM The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia). University of Toronto Press. pp. 91–92.
  4. ISBN 978-0-19-955730-1
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