Dadusha (Dāduša) (reigned c. 1800–1779 BC) was one of the kings of the central Mesopotamian city Eshnunna, located in the Diyala Valley. He was the son...

celebrated his conquest of Rapiqum. Rapiqum was, however, conquered by Dadusha and then Ibal-pi-El II. Eventually, through the ambitions of both Sumu-la-El...

victory stele which states that Dadusha gave the lands to Shamshi-Adad I. Shamshi-Adad I later turned against Dadusha by attacking cities including Shaduppum...

Lipit-Ishtar of Isin. The Laws of Eshnunna (written by Bilalama or by Dadusha). Another collection, which Martha Roth calls the "Laws of X", but which...

in keeping his enemies in check. To Ishme-Dagan I's south was the King Dadusha of Eshnunna. To Ishme-Dagan I's east were the warlike, nomadic, pastoral...

of "Mighty King" (šarum dannum). The Eshnunnan kings Ipiq-Adad II and Dadusha even adopted the title šar kiššatim for themselves, signifying a struggle...

Ur-du-kuga c. 1830–1828 BC Warad-Sin c. 1834–1823 BC Irdanene uncertain Dadusha uncertain Suen-magir c. 1827–1817 BC Rim-Sin I c. 1822–1763 BC Apil-Sin...

an important role in the Diyala basin, for example in an inscription of Dadusha of Eshnunna enumerating the major deities of his kingdom he is listed directly...

of cities that were conquered by Shamshi-Adad of Upper Mesopotamia and Dadusha of Eshnunna during their campaign against the land of Qabra. Shamshi-Adad...

in ancient Mesopotamia. He reigned c. 1779–1765 BC). He was the son of Dadusha and nephew of Naram-Suen of Eshnunna. He conquered the cities of Diniktum...

but Goetze maintained that tablet B was originated under the reign of Dadusha. The text of the prologue is broken at the point where the ruler who promulgated...

victory stele which states that Dadusha gives the lands to Shmshi-Adad I. Shamshi-Adad I later turned against Dadusha by attacking cities including Shaduppum...

valley along the Khabur River. He was a sometime ally, sometime enemy of Dadusha of Eshnunna (whose second year name was "Year in which Dadusza defeated...

Ekallatum, under Shamshi-Adad I (c. 1808–1776 BC) and Eshnunna, under Dadusha (c. 1800–1779 BC) and then occupied by Shamshi-Adad I (after a long siege)...

millennium BCE as well. The king of Arbela defeated by Dadusha of Eshnunna, an event celebrated on the Dadusha Stele, had the theophoric name Būnu-Ištar. Cultic...

indicates they were regarded as underworld deities. An inscription of king Dadusha of Eshnunna indicates that Tishpak was regarded as one of the major gods...

cuneiform tablets were found. It dates to the reigns of Eshnunna rulers like Dadusha (c. 1800–1779 BC) and Ibal-pi-el II (c. 1779–1765 BC). This layer was destroyed...

seized Rapiqum, the dwelling place of Nin-azu". A year name of later ruler Dadusha of Eshnunna reads "Year in which the daughter of the king was married in...

succeeded by his two sons, first Inbusha, who was active during the reigns of Dadusha, Dannum-taḫaz and up to the fifth year of Ibal-pi-El II, and afterwards...