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Warad-Kubi
Warad-Kubi, son of Gu-ilishu, was a Babylonian soldier of King Ammi-ditana's reign, known only from a tablet recording that his 12-iku field at Sippar-Amnanum was redistributed after his death.
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.
Wardum
Wardum was the Akkadian term for a slave or servant in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, the lowest of three status terms in the Laws of Hammurabi, entered mainly through debt.
Warka Vase
The Warka Vase, also known as the Uruk Vase, is a carved alabaster ritual vessel from the temple of Inanna at Uruk in southern Iraq, around 3000 BC.
Wars of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam
The wars of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam were the Babylonian campaigns of King Nebuchadnezzar I against the Elamite kingdom, ending in a decisive victory over Ḫulteludiš-Inšušinak.
Wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites
The wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites were the campaigns and rebellions of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon (c. 1749–1712 BC), whose southern revolts, led by Rim-Sin II, cost Babylon Nippur and most of the south.
Watartum
Watartum is the conventional reading of the name of a royal woman of the Third Dynasty of Ur, wife of King Ur-Nammu and mother of Shulgi.
Weidner god list
The Weidner god list, known as Anum, is a standardized Mesopotamian list of divine names. Attested from the Ur III period to Neo-Babylonian times, it served as training material for scribes.
Western campaigns of Adad-nirari III
The western campaigns of Adad-nirari III were Assyrian expeditions into the Levant between about 805 and 796 BC, culminating in the siege of Damascus in 796 BC.
White Obelisk
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I is an Assyrian limestone obelisk in the British Museum, carved with reliefs of a king campaigning, hunting, and receiving tribute.
Yaba (Assyrian queen)
Yaba, also written Iaba, was a queen of Assyria and wife of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 744–727 BC), known from inscriptions and her tomb at Nimrud.
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.
Yaggid-Lim
Yaggid-Lim, also known as Iagitlim, was an Amorite ruler of the early 19th century BC, father of Yahdun-Lim of Mari; scholars disagree whether he reigned at Mari or Suprum.
Yagli-El
Yagli-El was a king of Dilmun, the ancient land centered on Bahrain, who ruled around 1700 BCE and was buried in a Royal Mound at A'ali.
Yahdun-Lim
Yahdun-Lim, also written Iahdun-Lim, was an Amorite king of Mari on the middle Euphrates, reigning about 1810 to 1795 BC and known for canal building and wars with Shamshi-Adad I.
Yakmeni
Yakmeni is an early figure in the Assyrian King List, number 23 among the ten ancestral kings, listed as son of Yakmesi and father of Yazkur-ilu.
Yakmesi
Yakmesi is the twenty-second ruler on the Assyrian King List, given as son of Ilu-Mer and father of Yakmeni, with no reign length recorded and no attestation outside the list.
Yale culinary tablets
The Yale culinary tablets are four cuneiform tablets in Yale's Babylonian Collection holding the oldest known written recipes: three Old Babylonian tablets from around 1700 BC with 25 stew and broth recipes.
Yangi
Yangi, also transliterated Janqi or Iangi, is the third of seventeen legendary tent-dwelling kings in the Assyrian King List, placed before 2000 BC by convention.
Yarla
Yarla was a Gutian ruler known only from the Sumerian King List, which places him between Ibate and Kurum and assigns him a reign of 3 years.
Yarlagab
Yarlagab, also known as Jarlagab, is a Gutian ruler in the Sumerian King List, placed between Igešauš and Ibate and credited with 15 years of reign.
Yarlaganda
Yarlaganda, also Jarlaganda, was a Gutian ruler named in the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a 7-year reign in the late 3rd millennium BC.
Yarlangab
Yarlangab, read Yarla in the main tradition, was a Gutian ruler of Mesopotamia known only from the Sumerian King List, with a reign of 3 years.
Yasim-El
Yasim-El, also written Yaṣim-El or Yašim-El, was an official serving Zimri-Lim, king of Mari, known from a letter reporting events at Andarig and Ṣidqum around 1763 BC.
Yasmah-Adad
Yasmah-Adad (Yasmaḫ-Addu) was a king of Mari on the middle Euphrates in the early second millennium BC, installed by his father Shamshi-Adad I and driven out by Zimri-Lim.
Yazkur-el
Yazkur-el is an early Assyrian ruler known only from the Assyrian King List, where he appears as the twenty-fourth entry, son of Yakmeni and father of Ila-kabkabi.
YBC 7289
YBC 7289 is a round Old Babylonian clay tablet in the Yale Babylonian Collection, written around 1800-1600 BC, giving the square root of 2 to six decimal places.
Zababa-shuma-iddina
Zababa-šuma-iddina was a king of Babylon, the penultimate ruler of the Kassite dynasty, reigning about one year in the mid-1150s BC before the dynasty fell.
Zabaia
Zabaia, also rendered Zabâia, was the fourth ruler of the Larsa dynasty in southern Mesopotamia, reigning nine years, c. 1941–1933 BC, and rebuilding the Ebabbar temple.
Zakutu Treaty
The Zakutu Treaty, or Treaty of Naqi'a, is a Neo-Assyrian loyalty oath by which dowager queen Zakutu secured the throne of Assyria for her grandson Ashurbanipal.