Sumu-la-El

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Sumu-la-El
2nd King of Babylon
Reignc. 1881 – c. 1845 BC
Predecessor Sumu-abum
Successor Sabium
Diedc. 1845 BC
Issue Sallurtum

Sumu-la-El (also Sumulael or Sumu-la-ilu; died c. 1845 BC) was a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon. He reigned c. 1881 - c. 1845 BC (MC). [1] He subjugated and conquered nearby cities like Kish and built a string of fortresses around his territory. [2] [3] He is known to have conquered the city of Sippar. [4] Economic ties extended as far north as Tilmen Hoyuk. [5] His daughter, Šallurtum, married Sîn-kāšid, the king of Uruk. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Year names of Sumu-la-El of Babylon - CDLI
  2. ↑ Boer, Rients de (2018). "Beginnings of Old Babylonian Babylon: Sumu-abum and Sumu-la-El". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 70: 53–86. doi:10.5615/jcunestud.70.2018.0053. S2CID   165880873 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ↑ Boer, Rients de, "Two early Old Babylonian "Mananâ" archives dated to the last years of Sumu-la-El", Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, vol. 111, pp. 25-64, 2017
  4. ↑ Charpin, Dominique and Ziegler, Nele, "Masters of Time: Old Babylonian Kings and Calendars", Time and History in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 56th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Barcelona, July 26th-30th, 2010, edited by Lluis Feliu, J. Llop, A. Millet Albà and Joaquin Sanmartín, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 57-68, 2013
  5. ↑ Marchesi, G./N. Marchetti, "A Babylonian Official at Tilmen Höyük in the Time of King Sumu-la-el of Babylon", Or. 88, 1–36, 2019
  6. ↑ Michalowski, Piotr, "The Amorites in Ur III Times", The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 82-121, 2011
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