539 articles
Shilhaha
Shilhaha, also written Silhaha, was an early ruler of Elam of the Sukkalmah dynasty around 1880 BC, later invoked by Elamite kings as a legitimizing ancestor.
Shilhak-Inshushinak
Shilhak-Inshushinak (Šilḫak-Inšušinak) was king of Anshan and Susa, son of Shutruk-Nahhunte, who led campaigns against Mesopotamia and rebuilt Susa from about 1150 to 1120 BC.
Shilhina-hamru-Lagamar
Shilhina-hamru-Lagamar was an Elamite royal figure of the Shutrukid dynasty, attested only in a later king's inscription as ruler after Hutelutuš-Inšušinak, around the end of the 2nd millennium BC.
Shilwa-Teshub
Shilwa-Teshub, also known as Šilwa-Teššub, was a prince and large landowner at Nuzi, near Kirkuk, in the 14th century BC, known from an archive of over 700 cuneiform tablets.
Shimashki dynasty
The Shimashki dynasty (Šimaški) ruled Elam and western Iran from about 2100 to 1970 BC, destroying the Ur III empire when Kindattu captured Ur in 2004 BC.
Shimut-wartash I
Shimut-wartash I was an Elamite ruler of the early Sukkalmah dynasty who served as sukkal of Susa, deputy governing Susiana, under the sukkalmah Shilhaha in the early second millennium BC.
Shirukduh
Shirukduh was a sukkalmah, or grand regent, of Elam, ruling Anshan and Susa in the early 18th century BC as a contemporary of Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria.
Shupria
Shupria, also known as Shubria, was a small Hurrian kingdom on the northern bank of the upper Tigris that served Assyria as a vassal until Esarhaddon conquered it in 673 BC.
Shushun-Tarana
Shushun-Tarana was the fifth king of Awan, a dynasty of Elamite rulers of the late third millennium BC, known only from a king-list tablet found at Susa.
Shutruk-Nahhunte
Shutruk-Nahhunte, also written Šutruk-Nakhunte, was king of Elam around 1185–1155 BC who raided Babylon and carried the stele of Hammurabi and the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin to Susa.
Shutruk-Nahhunte II
Shutruk-Nahhunte II (Šutruk-Naḫḫunte II) was king of Elam from about 717 to 699 BC, of the first Neo-Elamite Dynasty, who fought Assyrian expansion and was succeeded by his brother Hallušu.
Shutrukid dynasty
The Shutrukid dynasty, also written Sutrukid or Šutrukid, ruled Elam from Susa around 1210–1100 BCE, founded by Shutruk-Nahhunte and ending the Kassite kingdom of Babylon.
Shuttarna I
Shuttarna I (Šuttarna I) was an early king of Mitanni, son of Kirta, known only from a cylinder seal and probably ruling in the late sixteenth century BCE.
Shuttarna II
Shuttarna II (Šuttarna II) was a king of Mitanni in the late 15th or early 14th century BC, when Mitanni ranked among the Great Powers alongside Egypt.
Shuttarna III
Shuttarna III (Šuttarna III) was a claimant to the throne of Mitanni, also called Hanigalbat, who ruled briefly around 1330 BC with Assyrian backing after King Tushratta was murdered.
Shutur-Nahhunte (son of Indada)
Shutur-Nahhunte, son of Indada, was a late Neo-Elamite ruler of the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC, known from the Izeh valley reliefs in Iran.
Siege of Carchemish
The siege of Carchemish was the capture of Carchemish on the Euphrates by the Hittite Great King Šuppiluliuma I around 1330 BC, ending Mitanni rule.
Siege of Sardis
The Siege of Sardis, also called the Fall of Sardis, was the capture of the Lydian capital by Cyrus II of Persia in the mid-6th century BC.
Siege of Tushpa
The siege of Tushpa was the 735 BC Assyrian assault on the Urartian capital by Tiglath-Pileser III, who burned the lower city but failed to take the citadel.
Sien (king of Diauehi)
Sien, also spelled Seni or Sieni, was king of Diauehi, a polity of northeast Anatolia, captured by Tiglath-Pileser I in 1112 BC and pardoned at Assur.
Sirukduh
Sirukduh, also spelled Siruk-tuh, was a sukkalmah of Elam in the early 18th century BC, when Elam acted as powerbroker among Assyria, Babylonia, Eshnunna, and Mari.
Sit-Shamshi bronze
The Sit-Shamshi bronze is a 12th-century BC Elamite bronze model of a sunrise ritual, made for King Šilhak-Inšušinak I and found at Susa, now in the Louvre.
Siwe-palar-huppak
Siwe-palar-huppak, also written Siwe-palar-huhpak, was a sukkalmah, or grand regent, of Elam in the early 2nd millennium BC, a contemporary of Hammurabi who ruled over Mesopotamia for two years.
Siwe-Palar-Khuppak
Siwe-Palar-Khuppak, also spelled Siwe-palar-huppak, was a grand regent (sukkalmah) of Elam who briefly ruled Mesopotamia before an alliance led by Hammurabi of Babylon ended Elamite power in the west.
Song of Release
The Song of Release is a Hurrian narrative poem about the fall of Ebla, preserved in a Hurrian–Hittite bilingual edition from the Hittite capital Ḫattuša.
Song of Ullikummi
The Song of Ullikummi is a Hittite mythological text, part of the Kumarbi cycle, telling how Kumarbi fathers a stone monster to destroy the Storm-God Teshub.
Südburg inscription
The Südburg inscription is a six-line Hieroglyphic Luwian royal text carved in a chamber at Boğazköy-Ḫattuša, attributed to King Šuppiluliuma, probably Šuppiluliuma II, in the late 13th century BC.
Sukkal of Elam and Shimashki
The sukkal of Elam and Shimashki was a delegated high office of the Sukkalmah state of Elam, held by the ruler's children who governed the eastern provinces.
Sukkal of Susa
The sukkal of Susa was a delegated vice-regal office of Sukkalmah Elam, governing Susiana around the capital Susa in southwestern Iran during the early second millennium BC.
Sukkalmah dynasty
The Sukkalmah dynasty, also called the Epartid dynasty, ruled Elam and Anshan from about 1970 to 1600 BCE, when Elam became a major powerbroker across Western Asia.