Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu-iluna, "The Sun (is) our god") (c. 1749–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon. His reign...

was preceded by Samsu-iluna, who was his father. His exuberant titles included, "descendant of Sumu-la-El, princely heir of Samsu-iluna, eternal seed of...

livestock. Hammurabi died and passed the reins of the empire on to his son Samsu-iluna in c. 1750 BC, under whose rule the Babylonian empire quickly began to...

Babylonian contemporaries Samsu-iluna and Abi-ešuḫ. It records that he “attacked and brought about the defeat of (Samsu-iluna’s) army.” He is thought to...

action involving the Kassites is preserved in the date formula for Samsu-iluna's ninth year (1741 BC). It is called "the year of the Kassite army", in...

context of military employment, during the reigns of Babylonian kings Samsu-iluna (1686 to 1648 BC), Abī-ešuh, and Ammī-ditāna. The origin and classification...

decade lasting from January 1, 1749 BC to December 31, 1740 BC. 1749 BC–Samsu-iluna succeeds Hammurabi as king of Babylon. However, his rule is not very...

"storm." The Amorite form of the name is Samsu, as attested for example in the theophoric name Samsu-iluna ("Samsu is our god"). The ancient Aramaic form...

the 19th century BC. During the Old Babylonian Empire, in the reign of Samsu-iluna, Ur was abandoned. It later became a part of the native Sealand Dynasty...

1678 BC to 1674 BC (short chronology). Rim-Sin II was a contemporary of Samsu-iluna of Babylon. Asia portal Chronology of the ancient Near East "Archived...

Hammurabi. This is also expressed in inscriptions from Hammurabi's successor Samsu-iluna, expressing that he receives Enlil's orders through the other gods, such...

Nippur as the region's holy city. The empire waned under Hammurabi's son Samsu-iluna, and Babylon spent long periods under Assyrian, Kassite and Elamite domination...

so, the seal is dated to approximately year 20 of the reign of King Samsu-iluna of Babylon (c. 1730 BC according to the middle chronology or c. 1666...

middle chronology, Samsu-iluna dies and is succeeded by Abi-Eshuh. Rim-Sin I, ruler of the Middle Eastern city-state of Larsa Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon...

Papnunanki, in contrast with his predecessors Sumu-la-El, Hammurabi and Samsu-iluna, who all used her primary name in texts written in this language. According...

While the king list gives a regnal length of 31 years for the final king, Samsu-Ditana, the destruction layer at Babylon is dated to his 26th year and no...

Alaska Peninsula. c. 1750 BC—Hammurabi dies and is succeeded by his son, Samsu-iluna, who is already involved in Babylonian government. c. 1750 BC: Indo-Aryan...

a-mu-ri-we, which has the same meaning. Texts from the reign of Rim-Sîn I and Samsu-iluna identify the love goddess Nanaya as a daughter of Anu. This notion is...

of Babylon beginning in 1728 BC (according to the short chronology) Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon since 1750 BC (using the middle chronology) Rim-Sin...

that Amat-Mamu produced were under three different kings—Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, and Abi-Eshuh—indicating that she worked as a scribe for at least 40...

Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria Samsu-iluna c. 1750–1712 BC Son of Hammurabi Abi-eshuh or Abieshu c. 1712–1684 BC Son of Samsu-iluna Ammi-ditana c. 1684–1647...

ended with a destruction dated to around the 27th year of the reign of Samsu-iluna, son of Hammurabi, based on tablets found there. Later, the Kassites...

and Kish. However, Isin was eventually abandoned during the reign of Samsu-iluna, and was only rebuilt by Kurigalzu I. Not much is known about the veneration...

the ancient Near East, this is the year the sack of Babylon occurred. Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon since 1750 BC, according to the middle chronology Rim-Sin...

worked on the wall again in his 43rd year. His successor in Babylon, Samsu-iluna worked on Sippar's wall in his 1st year. The city walls, being typically...

Sin-muballitSabium Apil-Sin Sin-muballit Hammurabi Samsu-iluna Abi-eshuh Ammi-ditana Ammi-saduqa Samsu-Ditana Early Kassite rulers Second Babylonian dynasty...

subjugated cities, which were Akkadian. Historians agree that it was probably Samsu-iluna who effected this change. During the sixth century BCE Babylonian captivity...

Hammurabi, his empire began to disintegrate rapidly. Under his successor Samsu-iluna (1749–1712 BC) the far south of Mesopotamia was lost to a native Akkadian-speaking...

called "Late Bronze Age 0," attested from the Tell Leilan's end caused by Samsu-iluna during his 23rd year of reign, c. 1728 BCE [Middle Chronology], to Mitanni's...

throne, and capital, were in Kesh. According to a statue inscription Samsu-iluna, ruler of Babylon, destroyed Kesh and "Ninhursag’s Gate", and possibly...