Pashime, also Bashime ( ''ba-si-me^KI''), was an ancient region of southern

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...

. It has recently been identified with Tell Abu Sheeja,

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, about 7 km from Iraq's border with

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Pashime corresponded to an area of interaction between

and

Elam Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...

. Its patron god was Shuda. The city of Pashime was previously thought to be located on the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

. A stele was discovered in Tell Abu Sheeja with the name of a Governor

Ilšu-rabi Ilshu-rabi, also Ilšu-rabi ( ''Il-shu-rabi'') was a ruler of Pashime around 2250 BCE. He was a vassal of the Akkadian Empire ruler Manishtushu. While Ilshu-rabi was in charge of Pashime, another Governor of Manistushu named Eshpum was in charge ...

, who has the same name as Ilšu-rabi the Governor of Pashime in the

Manishtushu Obelisk The Manishtushu Obelisk is a diorite, four-sided stele. The stele is obelisk-shaped, as well as it narrows upward to its (damaged) top, in a pyramidal-form. The obelisk was erected by Manishtushu, son of Sargon of Akkad, Sargon the Great, of the Ak ...

inscription. The inscription on the stele reads: File:Stele of Ilšu-rabi from Tell Abu Sheeja, Akkadian, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg, Stele of

from Tell Abu Sheeja, Akkadian, Iraq. Iraq Museum. File:Inscribed door-socket from the Temple of Šuda at Tell Abu Sheeja, Iraq. Ur III period, 21 century BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg, Inscribed door-socket from the Temple of Šuda at Tell Abu Sheeja, Iraq. Ur III period, 21 century BCE. Iraq Museum. File:Bashime-ki.jpg, The name of Pashime ( ''ba-si-me^KI'') on the stele of Ilšu-rabi

Reference

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