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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.
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.
Shimatum
Šimatum was a princess of Mari, daughter of the last independent king Zimri-Lim, who married her and her sister Kiru to Haya-sumu, king of Ilan-ṣura, around 1774 BCE.
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.
Shipitbaal I (king of Byblos)
Shipitbaal I (Šipitba'al) was an early king of Byblos who reigned around 900–880 BC and is known from the Phoenician royal inscription KAI 7, which names his father Elibaal.
Shipitbaal III (king of Byblos)
Shipitbaal III was a king of Byblos around 500 BC, the first attested ruler of the city in the Persian period, known only from a descendant's inscription and a silver roll.
Shipitbaal inscription
The Shipitbaal inscription (Šipitbaal) is a Phoenician royal building inscription of Shipitbaal, king of Byblos, recording his rebuilding of a wall for the Mistress of Byblos, dated to about 900–880 BC.
Shirikti-shuqamuna
Shirikti-shuqamuna, whose name means "gift of Šuqamuna", was a king of Babylon and the third and last ruler of the Bīt-Bazi dynasty, reigning only three months around 985 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.
Shorkaror
Shorkaror, also written Shorakaror, was a ruler of Meroitic Kush in the first century AD, known from a rock-carved victory monument at Jebel Qeili in present-day Sudan.
Shoshenq (High Priest of Amun)
Shoshenq was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Egypt's 22nd Dynasty, the eldest son of King Osorkon I, appointed to the office around 924 BC.
Shoshenq A
Shoshenq A, also written Sheshonq A, was a Great Chief of the Ma, a Libyan chieftain of Egypt's late Twenty-first Dynasty and grandfather of Shoshenq I.
Shoshenq D (High Priest of Ptah)
Shoshenq D, also written Sheshonq D, was a son of Pharaoh Osorkon II who served as High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in the 22nd Dynasty.
Shoshenq I
Shoshenq I, also transliterated Sheshonq I and known in the Bible as Shishak, was a pharaoh of Libyan descent who founded Egypt's Twenty-Second Dynasty, reigning about 943 to 923 BCE.
Shoshenq II
Shoshenq II, also written Sheshonq II and bearing the throne name Heqakheperre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty, probably a co-regent who died around 883 BC.
Shoshenq III
Shoshenq III, also spelled Sheshonq III, was a pharaoh of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty whose nearly 39-year reign, c. 837–798 BC, saw Egypt divided with rival kings at Thebes.
Shoshenq IV
Shoshenq IV, also spelled Sheshonq IV, was a poorly documented pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-second (Tanite) Dynasty, the eighth king between Shoshenq III and Pami, reigning around 786–773 BC.
Shoshenq V
Shoshenq V, also spelled Sheshonq V, throne name Aakheperre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty, son of Pimay, whose 37-year reign ended the Tanite line.
Shoshenq VI
Shoshenq VI, also written Sheshonq VI and formerly known as Shoshenq IV, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-third Dynasty, usually counted as its fourth king, reigning around 804–798 BC and succeeded by Osorkon III.
Shu (Egyptian god)
Shu, ancient Egyptian god of air and wind of the Heliopolitan Ennead, son of Atum, twin of Tefnut, father of Geb and Nut; he separated sky from earth and embodied the breath of life.
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.
Shu-ilishu interpreter seal
Shu-ilishu's cylinder seal is a small engraved stone cylinder seal in the Louvre whose Akkadian inscription names Shu-ilishu as interpreter of the land of Meluhha.
Shu-Ninua
Shu-Ninua (Šū-Ninua) was an Assyrian king, entry 54 of the Assyrian King List, who ruled 14 years and was succeeded by his sons Šarma-Adad II and Erišum III.
Shu-Sin
Šu-Suen, also written Šu-Sin, was the fourth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, reigning 2035–2027 BC and known for the Amorite wall and the oldest love poem.
Shu-Sin's campaign against Shimashki
Shu-Sin's campaign against Shimashki was a military operation by Shu-Sin, king of Ur, in the eastern Zagros–Elam zone in his 7th regnal year, recorded in year names and statue inscriptions.
Shu-Suen of Akshak
Shu-Suen of Akshak, also written Šu-Sin, is a legendary Early Dynastic Sumerian king of Akshak, listed as the son of Išu-Il and the last of six Akshak kings.