Sumuel

Sumuel
𒋢𒈬𒀭
King of Larsa
Reignc. 1895 - c. 1866 BC
Diedc. 1866 BC
Votive statuette of a dog, dedicated by a doctor from Lagash to the goddess Ninisina, for the life of "Sûmû-El, king of Ur". Musée du Louvre.
The dog of Sumuel, at time of discovery

Sumuel or Sumu-El (𒋢𒈬𒀭, su-mu-el3; died c. 1866 BC) was the Amorite King of Larsa, a city-state in Sumer, in southern Mesopotamia, from c. 1895-1866 BC (MC).

His daughter was Enshakiag-Nanna who became en-priestess at Ur c. 1872-1832 BC.

Reign

Annals for his complete 29-year reign have survived. He was preceded by Abisare.

He campaigned against Akusum and Kazallu in his year 4, Uruk in year 5, Pinaratim in year 8, Sabum in year 10, Kish in year 11, Kazallu in year 15, Nanna-Isha in 16, and Umma at the end of his reign. Most of these seem to be names of small villages along the Euphrates.

Sumuel is known from several inscriptions.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Full translation in "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  2. ↑ M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002
  3. ↑ Marcel Segrist, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990 ISBN 0-943872-54-5
  4. ↑ E.M. Grice , C.E. Keiser, M. Jastrow, Chronology of the Larsa Dynasty, AMS Press, 1979 ISBN 0-404-60274-6
  5. ↑ Graham, Lloyd D., "King’s Daughter, God’s Wife: The Princess as High Priestess in Mesopotamia (Ur, ca. 2300-1100 BCE) and Egypt (Thebes, ca. 1550-525 BCE)", 2017
  6. ↑ "Year names of Sûmû-El". cdli.ox.ac.uk.
  7. ↑ "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.