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Sil-Bel
Sil-Bel, also known as Silibel or Sillibel, was a king of Gaza who stayed loyal to Assyria from Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign into Ashurbanipal's reign.
Silko
Silko was a king of the Nobades in Lower Nubia in the first half of the 5th century, known from a Greek victory inscription at Kalabsha.
Silko inscription
The Silko inscription is a 21-line Greek text at Kalabsha in which King Silko records his victories over the Blemmyes in the 5th century AD.
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.
Siloam Inscription
The Siloam Inscription, also called the Siloam tunnel inscription or Shiloah Inscription, is a six-line Hebrew inscription in Hezekiah's Tunnel, Jerusalem, commemorating the tunnel's completion around 700 BC and now held in Istanbul.
Simat-Ishtaran
Simat-Ishtaran, also written Šāt-Eštar, was a princess of the Third Dynasty of Ur who married the physician and general Šu-Kabta and managed the Garšana estate alone after his death.
Simbar-shipak
Simbar-shipak, also written Simbar-Šiḫu, was a king of Babylon and the first ruler of the Second Dynasty of the Sealand, which took over after the Kassite dynasty fell.
Simmias (Ptolemaic officer)
Simmias was a Greek officer sent by Ptolemy III Euergetes to explore the Red Sea and Ethiopian coasts in the 3rd century BC, whose reports informed Agatharchides.
Simurrum
Simurrum was an ancient kingdom in the Zagros foothills, centered on the Shahrizor plain in Iraqi Kurdistan, an adversary of the Ur III state under King Šulgi.
Sin of Sargon
The Sin of Sargon is a fragmentary Neo-Assyrian text in which Sennacherib uses extispicy to find the sin that caused the gods to abandon Sargon II.
Sin-balassu-iqbi
Sîn-balāssu-iqbi was governor of the southern Mesopotamian city of Ur in the seventh century BC, serving under Ashurbanipal and known chiefly from Sumerian building inscriptions recording an extensive building program at Ur.
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 (governor of Larsa)
Sin-iddinam was a high official of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, appointed governor general of Larsa after its conquest in Hammurabi's 30th year, around 1762 BC.
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.
Sîn-lēqi-unninni
Sîn-lēqi-unninni, also written Sin-leqe-unninni, was a Babylonian exorcist and scholar of Uruk whom tradition credits with compiling the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, probably under the Kassite dynasty.
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.
Sin-shar-ishkun
Sin-shar-ishkun (Sîn-šar-iškun) was a son of Ashurbanipal and king of Assyria from the late 620s BC until 612 BC, when he died defending his capital Nineveh against Babylonians and Medes.
Sin-shumu-lishir
Sin-shumu-lishir (Sîn-šumu-līšir) was an Assyrian general and chief eunuch who claimed kingship over Assyria and Babylonia in 626 BC, during the succession crisis after Ashurbanipal, ruling briefly over part of Babylonia.
Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom
The Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom, also called the Wadi Maghara expeditions, were state expeditions extracting turquoise and copper in southwest Sinai from Dynasty 3 through Dynasty 5.
Sinaranu
Sinaranu (Akkadian Ṣinaruna) was a private merchant of Bronze Age Ugarit whose ship and cargo of grain, beer, and olive oil were exempted from palace dues on arrival from Crete.
Sinking of the Roman fleet (255 BC)
The sinking of the Roman fleet in 255 BC was a storm off Camarina, Sicily, that destroyed most of 364 ships carrying home survivors of Rome's evacuated African army.
Šinuḫtu
Šinuḫtu (also written Shinuhtu) was a small Neo-Hittite kingdom in the Tabal region of southern Anatolia, whose king Kiyakiya was exiled by Sargon II around 718 BC.
Sippar Old Babylonian archives
The Sippar Old Babylonian archives, also known as the Sippar tablets, are cuneiform tablet finds from the twin towns of Sippar near Baghdad, dating to about 1900–1600 BC, including the largest private archive of the period.
Siptah
Siptah, also known as Ramesses Siptah, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the seventh king of the Nineteenth Dynasty, who acceded at about fourteen and ruled for nearly six years.
Šipti-Ba'lu
Šipti-Ba'lu, also Shipti-Ba'al, was a Canaanite city-state ruler of the mid-14th century BC in the Shephelah, known from the Amarna letters, which accuse him of conspiring against Egypt.