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Addu-duri
Addu-duri, also known as Adad-duri, was a woman of the Old Babylonian kingdom of Mari, identified by scholarship as the queen mother, known from a single letter to King Zimri-Lim.
Ahaha
Ahaha was an Old Assyrian businesswoman of the nineteenth century BC, daughter of the merchant Pūšu-kēn, known from 47 cuneiform texts at Kanesh in Anatolia.
Ali-ahum
Ali-ahum, formerly written Alāhum, was an Old Assyrian merchant who lived and traded at Kanesh (modern Kültepe) during the 19th century BC, lending silver and trading tin and textiles.
Amat-Mamu
Amat-Mamu was a naditu priestess and scribe at Sippar in ancient Babylonia, one of eight scribes in the gagum, active for at least forty years under Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, and Abi-eshuh.
Ashkur-Addu
Aškur-Addu, son of Samu-Addu, was king of Karana in the Upper Habur region during the Old Babylonian period, known almost entirely from the royal archive at Mari.
Asqudum
Asqudum, also written Ašqudum, was a diviner at the court of Mari who served King Zimri-Lim in the eighteenth century BC, with diplomatic and commercial duties.
Assur-nada
Assur-nada (Aššur-nāda) was an Old Assyrian merchant of the 19th century BC, eldest son of Aššur-idī and chief agent of the family firm at Kanesh in Anatolia.
Bābu-aḫa-iddina
Bābu-aḫa-iddina, also written Babu-aha-iddina, was a high Middle Assyrian official at Aššur in the 14th and 13th centuries BC, an eponym under Adad-nīrārī I, known from an archive of over 100 texts and Assur Tomb 45.
Bahdi-Lim
Bahdi-Lim (Bahdī-Lim) was prefect of the palace of Mari, administering the city for King Zimri-Lim around 1775–1761 BCE; his 80 letters were published in 1954.
Buzazu
Buzazu was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh around 1870 BCE, son of Pushu-ken, known for a letter proposing to smuggle tin past the customs officers.
Didanu
Didanu, also written Ditanu or Tidanu, was an Amorite ancestor figure claimed by Hammurabi's dynasty of Babylon and the early Assyrian King List; whether a king of this name existed is uncertain.
Elamma
Elamma was an Old Assyrian merchant, younger son of Iddin-Suen, who traded at Kanesh in the 19th century BC; his archive of 372 tablets was published in 2017.
Enannatumma
Enannatumma, also written Enanatuma, was an en-priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur, a daughter of King Išme-Dagan of Isin, who held the office for about 67 years until her death around 1886 BC.
Ennam-Assur
Ennam-Assur (Ennam-Aššur) was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh, modern Kültepe in Turkey, in the 19th century BC, known from six commercial tablets found there in 1949.
Erishti-Aya
Erishti-Aya, also known as Erišti-Aya, was an Old Babylonian naditu of the god Shamash at Sippar and a daughter of the king of Mari, known from eight emotive letters to her father.
Ila-kabkabu
Ila-kabkabu was a ruler associated with Terqa on the middle Euphrates, best known as the father of Šamši-Adad I, who ruled Assyria for 33 years.
Ili-Ishar
Ili-Ishar (Ili-išar) was a shakkanakku, a military governor, of Mari on the middle Euphrates, one of the later holders of the office, first held by Ishtup-Ilum.
Imdi-ilum
Imdi-ilum was an Old Assyrian merchant who directed his family's trading firm at Kanesh, running caravans of tin and textiles between Ashur and Anatolia from 1888 to 1876 BC.
Inibsharri
Inibsharri (Inib-Šarri) was a princess of Mari and daughter of King Zimrī-Lîm in the 18th century BC, twice married to vassal kings of the Habur region.
Innaya
Innāya was an Old Assyrian merchant of the early second millennium BC, known from tablet archives at Kanesh in Anatolia, who traded tin and textiles between Assur and Anatolia.
Itur-Asdu
Itûr-Asdû (Itûr-Ašdû) was a governor of Mari serving King Zimri-Lim in the first half of the 18th century BC, known from the Mari palace archives.
Kibri-Dagan
Kibri-Dagan (Kibrī-Dagan) was governor of Terqa on the Middle Euphrates under King Zimri-Lim of Mari in the 18th century BC, known almost entirely through his 139 letters in the Mari palace archives.
Kudur-Mabuk
Kudur-Mabuk, also written Kudur-mabug, was a 19th-century BCE ruler of the land of Emutbal in southern Mesopotamia and father of the Larsa kings Warad-Sin and Rim-Sin I, though never counted a king himself.
Lamassi
Lamassi was a nadītum, a woman dedicated to the god Shamash, in Old Babylonian Sippar, attested in lease contracts and an illness-and-care tablet; two bearers of the name are recorded.
Mukannishum
Mukannišum was the steward, or keeper of the palace stores, at Mari under King Zimri-Lim in the 18th century BC, known from cuneiform tablets in the Mari archives.
Ninšatapada
Ninšatapada was an Old Babylonian princess of Uruk, a woman scribe and priestess of the divine Meslamtaea at Durum, daughter of King Sîn-kāšid, who flourished around 1800 BCE.
Peruwa
Peruwa was a wealthy native Anatolian dignitary of Kanesh during the Old Assyrian colony period, known from his household archive and fourteen-roomed residence with iron ingots.
Pushu-ken
Pushu-ken, also written Pušu-kēn, was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh, modern Kültepe, Turkey, who headed an extensive trading firm there in the 19th century BC.
Sammetar
Sammētar was a high official and advisor of Zimri-Lim, king of Mari in the early 18th century BC, known from the Mari royal archives, where he governed Ashnakkum.
Shamash-hazir
Shamash-hazir (Šamaš-ḫāzir), son of Kimannum, was the manager of Hammurabi's royal domain at Larsa in the 18th century BC, known from an archive of 313 tablets.