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Sumu-la-El (also Sumulael or Sumu-la-ilu) was a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon. He reigned c. 1880-1845 BC (MC).[1] He subjugated and conquered nearby cities like Kish and built a string of fortresses around his territory.[2][3] He is known to have conquered the city of Sippar.[4] Economic ties extended as far north as Tilmen Höyük.[5] His daughter, Šallurtum, married Sin-kašid, the king of Uruk.[6]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Year names of Sumu-la-El of Babylon - CDLI
- ^ Boer, Rients de (2018). "Beginnings of Old Babylonian Babylon: Sumu-abum and Sumu-la-El". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 70: 53–86. doi:10.5615/jcunestud.70.2018.0053. S2CID 165880873 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Boer, Rients de, "Two early Old Babylonian "Mananâ" archives dated to the last years of Sumu-la-El", Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, vol. 111, pp. 25-64, 2017
- ^ Charpin, Dominique and Ziegler, Nele, "Masters of Time: Old Babylonian Kings and Calendars", Time and History in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 56th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Barcelona, July 26th-30th, 2010, edited by Lluis Feliu, J. Llop, A. Millet Albà and Joaquin Sanmartín, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 57-68, 2013
- ^ Marchesi, G./N. Marchetti, "A Babylonian Official at Tilmen Höyük in the Time of King Sumu-la-el of Babylon", Or. 88, 1–36, 2019
- ^ Michalowski, Piotr, "The Amorites in Ur III Times", The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 82-121, 2011
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