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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chronology_of_the_ancient_near_east" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:chronology of the ancient near east">chronology of the ancient near east</a>) was the 4th king of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Isin" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:First Dynasty of Isin">First Dynasty of Isin</a>, according to the "<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_King_List" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sumerian King List">Sumerian King List</a></i>" (<i>SKL</i>). Also according to the <i>SKL</i>: he was both the son and successor of <a href="/wiki/Iddin-Dagan" title="Iddin-Dagan">Iddin-Dagān</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lipit-Ishtar" title="Lipit-Ishtar">Lipit-Ištar</a> then succeeded Išme-Dagān. Išme-Dagān was one of the kings to restore the <a href="/wiki/Ekur" title="Ekur">Ekur</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishme-Dagan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>[The] foremost of the gods, <a href="/wiki/Omniscient" class="mw-redirect" title="Omniscient">omniscient</a> [...] <a href="/wiki/Enki" title="Enki">Enki</a>, counsellor of holy <a href="/wiki/An" class="mw-redirect" title="An">An</a>. [...] Adviser, whose statements cannot be countermanded. [...] Patient-hearted, who rides upon all the divine powers. [...] Lord imbued with fearsomeness, borne by An and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uras_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Uras (mythology)">Urac</a>. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25405.htm">A subscript (balbale) to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enlil" title="Enlil">Enlil</a>, [...] first-born child of holy An, whose divine powers are untouchable <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25405.htm">A subscript (balbale) to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nudimmud" class="mw-redirect" title="Nudimmud">Nudimmud</a>, lord who determines the fates, who strengthens the Land. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25405.htm">A subscript (balbale) to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Enki, great bull of Eridug, [...] greatly exalted among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anunaki" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Anunaki">Anuna</a>. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25405.htm">A subscript (balbale) to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>May he bestow a long life with vigorous days on Icme-Dagan, the son of Enlil! May father Enki bestow a long life with vigorous days on Icme-Dagan, the son of Enlil! <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25405.htm">A subscript (balbale) to Enki for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan E)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>What he orders is faithfully executed. [...] Endowed with beauty in the <a href="/wiki/E-kur" class="mw-redirect" title="E-kur">E-kur</a>, [...] among the great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_pantheon" class="extiw" title="w:Sumerian pantheon">gods</a>, the great and august lord. <ul><li>In a <a href="/wiki/Clay_tablet" title="Clay tablet">tablet</a> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25413.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Lord whose abode is the mountains, father <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, [...] fixes the months and the new moon according to a cord, establishes the year. [...] Who puts all the lands in order, [...] who makes <a href="/wiki/The_Tigris_and_the_Euphrates" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tigris and the Euphrates">the Tigris and the Euphrates</a> bring flowing water. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25413.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Life for the multitude. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25413.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>[O]n earth, on the day of the disappearance of the moon, as you have completed the month, you summon the people, lord; and then in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_underworld" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Mesopotamian underworld">netherworld</a> you decree great judgments, you decide sublime verdicts. <a href="/wiki/Enki" title="Enki">Enki</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninsar" class="extiw" title="w:Ninsar">Ninki</a>, the great lords, the great princes, the lords who determine fates, await your utterances, father. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25413.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Prince, you place justice in every mouth, and make propriety resplendent. Daily you make hearts content, daily you determine fates appropriately. [...] You brighten the night sky in the broad firmament, and illuminate the darkness. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anunaki" class="extiw" title="w:Anunaki">Anuna gods</a> stand by with prayers and supplications at your rising. The sweet sight of your resplendent crescent, full of loveliness, brings joy to the great lady of the <a href="/wiki/Ekur" title="Ekur">Ki-ur</a>, mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninlil" class="extiw" title="w:Ninlil">Ninli</a>. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanna">Nanna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25413.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Great hero, strongest in heaven and earth! <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a>, who controls perfectly the fifty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity#Divine_force_or_power" class="extiw" title="w:Divinity">divine powers</a> in the E-kur! Governor for his father, rising raging storm, who extends terror [...] towards the foreign countries. [...] Who casts <a href="/wiki/Awe" title="Awe">fear</a> upon the people, who has no rival! Ninurta, surpassing in vigour! [...] Great and majestic strength, [...] ornament of the august shrine! <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Lord, the son of Enlil, who has come forth from the hills, and rides upon the numerous divine powers. [...] Great hero, surpassing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(Ninurta)" class="extiw" title="w:Dragon (Ninurta)">dragon</a>, perfect lord, [...] without rival! Great hero confident in his strength! <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>His words are precious, and what he says is true. Ninurta, lion raging against the disobedient! Authoritative one, who makes the foreign countries submit. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>May Ninurta look upon Icme-Dagan [...] with a life-giving gaze! <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Uta-ulu, riding on fearsome radiance, [...] greatest amongt the great lords! [...] Ninurta, perfect in authority, caretaker of heaven and earth, [...] Lord who was given great strength by Nunamnir, confident in his strength, striding into battle! <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Adviser, whose decisions cannot be countermanded! Ninurta, whose utterances are firm! Hero, lord, august son of Enlil! [...] Ninurta, prominent in the E-kur. <ul><li>In a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Ninurta" title="Ninurta">Ninurta</a> (Ishme-Dagan O), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25415.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>August <a href="/wiki/Nibru" class="mw-redirect" title="Nibru">Nibru</a>! No deity excels like your lord and lady!<br />They are powerful princes; they are brilliantly revealed deities.<br />No deity excels like Enlil or Ninlil!<br />They are powerful princes; they are lords who can decide destinies.<br />In your midst they have given divine powers to king Enki.<br />Nibru, your holy songs are exceptionally precious, surpassing all praise!<br />I, Icme-Dagan, have placed them in everyone's mouths for all time. <ul><li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr254b.htm">A hymn to Enki for Ishme-Dagan</a></i>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_about_Ishme-Dagan">Quotes about Ishme-Dagan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishme-Dagan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Quotes about Ishme-Dagan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>He made the people follow the proper path, and ousted the enemy from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sumer">Sumer</a>. He removed the wicked tongues, and made justice shine forth like copper. That fathers should be feared and mothers respected, that sons should pay heed to the words of their fathers, and that mercy, compassion and pity should be shown, that one should provide even one's paternal grandparents with food and drink -- all this he established in Sumer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkad" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Akkad">Akkad</a>.</b> Then she made Icme-Dagan, the son of Enlil, the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN_(cuneiform)" class="extiw" title="w:EN (cuneiform)">en</a></i> priest of <a href="/wiki/Unug" class="mw-redirect" title="Unug">Unug</a>, into their guardian -- this is what <a href="/wiki/Inana" class="mw-redirect" title="Inana">Inana</a>, the lady of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Heavens#Mesopotamian_religion" class="extiw" title="w:Seven Heavens">heaven</a> and earth, did; and the great An declared his consent. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous" title="Anonymous">Anonymous</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr254a.htm">A praise poem of Ishme-Dagan</a></i>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isin" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Isin">Isin</a>, the royal city, Icme-Dagan, [...] for you in masterly fashion a fifty-headed battle-mace to destroy the rebel lands, chosen for your great power. For you <a href="/wiki/Hadad" title="Hadad">he</a> gave it fifty names. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous" title="Anonymous">Anonymous</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25427.htm"><i>A praise poem of Ishme-Dagan</i> (Ishme-Dagan AA)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Icme-Dagan, provider of <a href="/wiki/Nibru" class="mw-redirect" title="Nibru">Nibru</a>, constant attendant of <a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Urim</a>, he who is daily in the service of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eridu" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Eridu">Eridug</a>; <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN_(cuneiform)" class="extiw" title="w:EN (cuneiform)">en</a></i> priest of <a href="/wiki/Unug" class="mw-redirect" title="Unug">Unug</a>, king of Isin. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous" title="Anonymous">Anonymous</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr25427.htm"><i>A praise poem of Ishme-Dagan</i> (Ishme-Dagan AA)</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishme-Dagan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align: left; float: right;"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wikipedia"><img alt="Wikipedia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/50px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/75px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/100px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>Wikipedia</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article about: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishme-Dagan" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ishme-Dagan">Ishme-Dagan</a></b></i></div> </div> </div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Ishme-Dagan&oldid=3104083">https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Ishme-Dagan&oldid=3104083</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:BCE_births" title="Category:BCE births">BCE births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:BCE_deaths" title="Category:BCE deaths">BCE deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Amorite_kings" title="Category:Amorite kings">Amorite kings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Iraq" title="Category:People from Iraq">People from Iraq</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Religious_leaders" title="Category:Religious leaders">Religious leaders</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 27 April 2022, at 12:19.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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