Zabaia

Zabaia
Ruler of Larsa
Reignc. 1941-1932 BC
Diedc. 1932 BC
FatherSamium
Larsa is located in Iraq
Larsa
Location of Larsa

Zabâia (also Zabâya) governed the ancient Near East city of Larsa c. 1941 BC-1932 BC (MC). He was an Amorite and the son of Samium. He is thought to have been the brother of Gungunum.

A brick inscription found at Larsa reads, "Zabaya, Chief of the Amorites, son of Samium, re-built the Ebabbar" (Zabaya rabian Amurri mar Samium Ebabbara ipus). The E-babbar is a temple of the god Shamash. An alternate reading is the he "built" the Ebabbar". This is the only known textual mention of Samium outside the Larsa King List. A damaged clay cone found at Mashkan-shapir carries a similar text. A fragmentary text about deliveries to Isin, found at Girsu, mentioned Zabaia "... since Zabaia, my lord, assumed the throne ...". Larsa ruler Abisare also used the "Chief of the Amorites" title.

A cylinder seal impression read "Princess Rubatum daughter of Zabaya and wife of Ištar-kima-iliya". A Neo-Babylonian or Late Babylonian copy of a bronze figurine read "To Nanse, the powerful lady, lady of the boundary (?), his lady, for the life of Zabaya, the strong king, chief of the Amorites ...".

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Notes

  1. ↑ M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002
  2. ↑ Marcel Segris, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990 ISBN 0-943872-54-5
  3. ↑ Grice, Ettalene Mears, "Chronology of the Larsa dynasty", Yale University Press, 1919
  4. 1 2 Weisberg, David B., "Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 194–98, 1989
  5. 1 2 Charpin, Dominique, "Données nouvelles sur l'histoire de Larsa (II)", Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, (2024)
  6. ↑ Douglas Frayne, "Larsa", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 107-322, 1990
  7. ↑ Birot, Maurice, "Découvertes épigraphiques à Larsa (campagnes 1967)", Syria 45, pp. 241-247, 1968
  8. ↑ Steinkeller, Piotr, "A Building Inscription of Sin-iddinam and Other Inscribed Materials from Abu Duwari", The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 135-152, 2004
  9. ↑ Arnaud, Daniel, "Textes Relatifs à l'Histoire de Larsa: I", RA 71, pp.3-8, 1977
  10. ↑ Jahn, Brit, "The Migration and Sedentarization of the Amorites from the Point of View of the Settled Babylonian Population", Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marlies Heinz and Marian H. Feldman, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 193-210, 2007
  11. ↑ F. N. F. Al-Rawi, "Tablets from de Sippar Library X. A Dedication for Zabaya of Larsa", Iraq 64, p. 247-248, 2002

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