Igrish-Halam Explained
| Igrish-Halam |
| King of Ebla |
| Reign: | c. 2360 BC. Middle chronology |
| Predecessor: | Adub-Damu |
| Succession1: | King of Ebla |
Igrish-Halam or Igriš-Halab, was a king of the ancient city state of Ebla.[1] [2] His name means "(The god of) Halab has driven away (the opponent)", hence, the name might be a commemoration of an Eblaite victory that led to the incorporation of lands beyond the city of Halab.
Reign
He ruled for 12 years[3] and was succeeded by his son Irkab-Damu who was a more vigorous ruler.
Conflict with Mari
His reign was characterized by an Eblaite weakness, and tribute paying to the kingdom of Mari,[4] [5] with whom Ebla fought a long war.[6] His battle with Iblul-Il of Mari at Sahiri was instrumental in this tribute payment.
References
Bibliography
- Archi. Alfonso. 2010. Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period. IRAQ. Cambridge University Press - On Behalf of The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial). 72: In Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor David Hawkins. 20779017. 0021-0889.
Notes and References
- Gregorio del Olmo Lete, Mythologie et religion des sémites occidentaux, Nummer 1 page118 (2008)
- Antonio Panaino and Giovanni Pettinato, Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena: Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Held in Chicago, USA, October 27–31, 2000 |page 200(2002)
- Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. 4. (University of Toronto Press, 1990). . p3-16.
- Tonietti, Maria Vittoria (2010). "Musicians in the Ebla Texts". In Pruzsinszky, Regine; Shehata, Dahlia. Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken.(LIT Verlag Münster., 2010) p69
- Nadali, Davide (2007). "Monuments of War, War of Monuments: Some Considerations on Commemorating War in the Third Millennium BC". Orientalia. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. 76 (4). p350. OCLC 557711946.
- Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. p. 462.
