Naplanum
| Naplanum | |
|---|---|
| Ruler of Larsa | |
| Reign | c. 2025-2004 BC |
| Died | c. 2004 BC |
Naplanum was the first ruler of the ancient Near Eastern city-state of Larsa c. 2025-2004 BC (MC) — roughly during the reign of Ibbi-Sin of the Third dynasty of Ur and the great famine — according to the later Larsa King List (Larsa Date List). He is mentioned often in Ur III administrative texts of that time. It is known that at time he was residing at Kisig (thought to be Tell al-Lahm) near Ur. No contemporary year names or inscriptions have been found verifying that Naplanum was a king of Larsa, which seems to have remained part of Ibbi-Sin's kingdom. However a prominent and wealthy Amorite merchant named Naplanum does appear in many sales records of the grain industry during these later days of the Third Dynasty, who may well have been the ancestor of the later independent kings of Larsa. It has been suggested that Naplanum was actually only a high Amorite leader under Ur III and that later Larsa rulers elevated him to ruler to embellish their history. Naplanum is a contemporary of Ishbi-Erra of Isin.
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Notes
- ↑ M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002
- ↑ Garfinkle, S., "The Participation of Marginal and Liminal Groups in Secondary State Formation under the Third Dynasty of Ur", Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 9(2), pp. 305-317, 2022
- ↑ Michalowski, Piotr, "Love or death? Observations on the role of the gala in Ur III ceremonial life", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 58.1, pp. 49-61, 2006
- ↑ Marcel Segrist, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990 ISBN 0-943872-54-5
- ↑ Grice, Ettalene Mears, "Chronology of the Larsa dynasty", Yale University Press, 1919
- ↑ Wasserman, N., & Bloch, Y., "The Kingdom of Larsa", The Amorites, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, pp. 148–186, 2023
- ↑ Thureau-Dangin, François, "La chronologie de la dynastie de Larsa", Revue d'assyriologie et d'archeologie orientale 15.1, pp. 1-57, 1918
Further reading
- Sallaberger, W., "Schlachtvieh aus Puzris-Dagan. Zur Bedeutung dieses königlichen Archivs", Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 38, pp. 45–62, 2003/2004
- Steinkeller, P., "A History Of Mashkan-Shapir and its Role in the Kingdom Of Larsa", The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-Shapir, eds. E. Stone, P. E Zimansky, and P. Steinkeller. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, pp. 26–42, 2004
- Weisberg, David B., "Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 194–98, 1989