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Rim-Anum
Rim-Anum, also known as Rīm-Anum, was an Old Babylonian king of Uruk who took the throne during the southern revolt against Samsu-iluna of Babylon around 1742 BC.
Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I (Rīm-Sîn) was the last king of the Larsa dynasty in southern Babylonia, reigning about 1822 to 1763 BC, the longest reign of any known Mesopotamian ruler.
Rim-Sin II
Rim-Sin II (Rīm-Sîn II) was a rebel king of Larsa who claimed the kingship of southern Mesopotamia in the uprising against Samsu-iluna of Babylon, who defeated and killed him.
Sabium
Sabium, also rendered Sabum or Sābium, was the third king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning fourteen years, 1844–1831 BC, known from year names recording temple building, canal work, and wars against Larsa and Kazallu.
Samium
Samium (Sāmium) was the third ruler of the Amorite dynasty of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, reigning 35 years, c. 1976–1942 BC, and father of Zabaia and Gungunum.
Samsu-Ditana
Samsu-Ditana, also written Samsuditana or Samsu-ditāna, was the eleventh and last king of Babylon's Amorite First Dynasty, son of Ammi-Saduqa, reigning about 1625 to 1595 BC.
Samsu-iluna
Samsu-iluna, son and successor of Hammurabi, was the seventh king of the First Dynasty of Babylon from 1749 to 1712 BC, during whose reign most of his father's empire was lost.
Sargon I
Sargon I (Šarru-kīn I) was a king of Assyria, the 35th ruler in the Assyrian King List, son of Ikunum and father of Puzur-Aššur II, reigning about 1917–1878 BC.
Shalim-ahum
Shalim-ahum, also known as Šalim-aḫum, was an early ruler of the city-state of Assur around 2000 BC, known from a single stone-block inscription recording a temple he built for the god Assur.
Shibtu
Šibtu, also written Shibtu or Shiptu, was queen of Mari as the wife of King Zimri-Lim, active in the first half of the 18th century BC.
Shu-ilishu
Shu-ilishu (Šu-ilīšu) was the second king of the First Dynasty of Isin and son of Išbi-Erra, reigning c. 1984–1975 BC and returning the statue of the god Nanna from Anshan to Ur.
Shunuhra-Ammu
Šunuḫru-ammu, also written Shunuhru-Ammu, was a ruler of the kingdom of Hana on the middle Euphrates, attested by dated tablets from Terqa and placed around 1650 BC.
Silli-Adad
Silli-Adad (Sillî-Adad) was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the 12th ruler of its dynasty, who reigned one year, c. 1835 BC, between Sin-iqisham and Warad-Sin.
Silli-Sin
Silli-Sin (Sillī-Sin) was a king of Eshnunna in the Early Old Babylonian period, when the city joined a coalition against Hammurabi of Babylon and was eventually taken over by him.
Sin-Eribam
Sin-Eribam (Sîn-erībam, also written Sin-iribam) was the tenth king of the city-state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, ruling for two years, 1842–1841 BC, between Sin-iddinam and Sin-iqišam.
Sin-gamil
Sin-gamil (Sîn-gāmil) was a king of Uruk, modern Warka in Iraq, during the early Old Babylonian period, known from three year names recording his accession and temple dedications.
Sin-Iddinam (king of Larsa)
Sîn-iddinam was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the ninth ruler of the Larsa Dynasty, who reigned seven years, c. 1849–1843 BC, succeeding Nur-Adad and preceding Sin-iribam.
Sin-Iqisham
Sin-Iqisham (Sîn-iqišam) was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia during the Isin-Larsa period, reigning five years, c. 1841–1836 BC, and recording a victory over Uruk, Kazallu, Elam, and Isin.
Sin-kashid
Sin-kashid (Sîn-kāšid, also written Sin-kasid) was an Amorite king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, c. 1865–1833 BC, who took Uruk from Larsa, founded a dynasty, and built a large palace known from over 100 inscriptions.
Sin-magir
Sin-magir (Sîn-māgir) was a king of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, the 14th and penultimate ruler of the First Dynasty of Isin, who reigned 11 years, 1827–1817 BC.
Sin-muballit
Sin-muballit was an Amorite king of Babylon, the fifth ruler of the First Dynasty and father and immediate predecessor of Hammurabi, reigning about 1812 to 1793 BC.
Sumu-abum
Sumu-abum (Sûmû-abum) was an Amorite tribal and military leader who conquered northern Babylonia and the Lower Diyala region around 1890–1860 BCE, later counted as the first king of Babylon's First Dynasty.
Sumu-la-El
Sumu-la-El, also written Sumu-la-ilu, was a king of Babylon who reigned about 1880 to 1845 BCE and is considered the founder of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
Sumu-Yaman
Sumu-Yaman, also written Sumu-Yamam, was an early-eighteenth-century-BC ruler of Mari, attested by two year formulas and an inscription calling him Yahdun-Lim's parricide son, killed by his own servants.
Sumuel
Sumuel, also written Sumu-El, was the seventh king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, reigning 29 years from 1894 to 1866 BC; his year names record campaigns against Uruk, Kish, and Kazallu.
Tura-Dagan
Tura-Dagan (Tûr-Dagan) was a šakkanakku, or military governor, of Mari on the middle Euphrates in the late third millennium BC, known chiefly from a seal impression.
Ur-Ninurta
Ur-Ninurta of Isin was the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, reigning from 1925 to 1898 BC and succeeded by his son Bur-Sin.
Urdukuga
Urdukuga of Isin was the thirteenth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, reigning four years around 1831–1828 BC between Iter-piša and Sîn-māgir.
Warad-Sin
Warad-Sin (Warad-Sîn) was king of Larsa, a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, reigning about 1834–1823 BC; a son of Kudur-Mabuk, he built temples at Ur and Nippur and was succeeded by his brother Rim-Sin I.
Yadih-Abu
Yadih-Abu was the third king of the kingdom of Hana on the middle Euphrates, reigning around 1725 BC and named as an adversary in a Babylonian year-name of Samsu-iluna.