Ammi-Ditana

Ammī-ditāna
TitleKing of Babylon
Term37 years;
1683–1647 BC (MC);
1675–1639 BC (LMC)
PredecessorAbī-ešuḫ
SuccessorAmmī-ṣaduqa
SpouseŠamuḫtum (probably)
ChildrenAmmī-ṣaduqa, etc.

Ammī-ditāna[1] was a king of Babylon who reigned 1683–1647 BC (according to the Middle Chronology;[2] or 1675–1639 BC according to the Lower Middle Chronology[3]). He was the son and successor of Abī-ešuḫ.[4]

Year-names survive for the first 37 years of his reign, plus fragments for a few possible additional years. His reign was a largely peaceful one; he was primarily engaged in enriching and enlarging the temples, and a few other building projects, although in his 37th regnal year he recorded having destroyed the city wall of Der, built earlier by King Dāmiq-ilišu of Isin.[5]

Ammī-ditāna was succeeded by his eldest son Ammī-ṣaduqa.[6]

Tablet related to the king Ammi Ditana in the Hecht Museum.

Family

The wife of Ammī-ditāna and mother of his successor was possibly named Šamuḫtum.[7] At least three children of the king are attested:

  • Ammī-ṣaduqa, the eldest son and his father’s successor (possibly by Šamuḫtum)[8]
  • Šumum-libši[9]
  • Unnamed female, married at the behest of her brother Šumum-libši[10]
  • Iltani, devotee (nadītum) of Šamaš, a possible daughter[11]
  • Elmēšum, a possible daughter[12]
  • Annabum, a possible daughter[13]

Literature

Ammī-ditāna is known for his association with literary works. One work is called Ammī-ditāna's hymn to Ištar.[14][15] Another work is Di 1353, a letter to chief lamentation priest of Annunītum on the provision of fodder barley for livestock in Nakkamtum.[16]

References

  1. ^ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 411.
  2. ^ C. B. F. Walker, "Mesopotamian Chronology," in: Dominique Collon, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Berkeley, 1995: 235.
  3. ^ T. De Jong and "A New Look at the Venus Observations of Ammisaduqa," Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Luxe 42 (2010) 141–157.
  4. ^ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 411.
  5. ^ Year-names for Ammi-ditana
  6. ^ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 425; Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 227.
  7. ^ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219; but as noted by Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 33, the king's mother Šamuḫtum is not explicitly associated with any named king.
  8. ^ Douglas Frayne, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 426; Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  9. ^ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  10. ^ Lukáš Pecha, The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  11. ^ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 30, 31, 35, 37.
  12. ^ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
  13. ^ Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
  14. ^ "Ammi-ditāna's hymn to Ištar".
  15. ^ Edzard, Dietz Otto (2004). "Die altbabylonische Zeit": 510–514. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ^ Caroline, Jensen (2021). "By Order of the King: Ammi-Ditana's Letter on the Provision of Fodder Barley for the Sheep and Oxen of the Nakkamtum". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 73: 71–87. doi:10.1086/716094. S2CID 235798997.
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