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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Samsu-iluna in his 24th year of rule (c. 1726 BC) of the Old Babylonian Empire and named Dur-Samsuiluna, his year name saying "he erected Dur-Samsu-iluna...

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

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...

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...

Sin-Iqisham, Warad-Sin, Rim-Sin First Dynasty of Babylon - Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, Abi-Eshuh City Laments such as Lament for Ur and Lament for Sumer and...