Ikūn-pî-Ištar, meaning “Ištar's word has come true” and inscribed 'i-k'''u-un-pi''₄''-eš''₄''-tár'', was a Mesopotamian king (ca. 1825–1799 BC

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) of uncertain jurisdiction, Jakobson suggested

Uruk Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.Harm ...

, presumably preceding

Sîn-kāšid Sîn-kāšid (inscribed in akk, 𒀭𒂗𒍪𒂵𒅆𒀉: EN.ZU''-kà-ši-id'') was the king of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the first half of the 18th century BC. His precise dating is uncertain, perhaps ca. 1803–1770 BC ( sho ...

, contemporary with the latter part of the 1st Dynasty of

Isin Isin (, modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. Excavations have shown that it was an important city-state in the past. History of archaeological research Ishan al-Bahriyat was visited b ...

History

He appears on two variant

Sumerian King List The ''Sumerian King List'' (abbreviated ''SKL'') or ''Chronicle of the One Monarchy'' is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and king ...

fragments, one of which has him followed by Sumu-abum (ca. 1830—1817 BC) of

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

, the other sandwiched between the reigns of Erra-Imittī (ca. 1805–1799 BC) and Enlil-bāni (ca. 1798 BC – 1775 BC) the kings of Isin. This gives his reign as six months or a year depending on which variant is cited. Glassner’s manuscript’s C and D. Sūmû-El, the king of

Larsa Larsa ( Sumerian logogram: UD.UNUGKI, read ''Larsamki''), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. Λαραγχων) by Berossos and connected with the biblical Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cul ...

’s fifth year name (ca 1825 BC) celebrates a victory over the forces of Uruk during a time when it was independent. A haematite

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Cylinder seal BM 121209. seal in the

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attests to a servant of pî-Ištar, which may be an abbreviation of this king’s name. A ''satukku'' (sá-dug₄), or offering, text from

Nippur Nippur (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Nibru'', often logogram, logographically recorded as , EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory': Vol. 1, Part 1. Accessed 15 Dec 2010. Akkadian language, Akkadian: '' ...

is the only exemplar of a text giving his year name and was found among a

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of cuneiform tablets relating to the temple of

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dating from

Lipit-Enlil Lipit-Enlil, written d''li-pí-it'' d''en.líl'', where the ''Sumerian King List''The ''Sumerian King List'' Ash. 1923.444, the ''Wend-Blundell'' prism. and the ''Ur-Isin king list'' MS 1686, the ''Ur-Isin king list''. match on his name and reign, ...

’s first year (ca. 1798 BC) onward, after which the city remained under the control of the kings of Isin for a seventy five year period. His hegemony over this city must therefore have preceded that of Lipit-Enlil.

Inscriptions

References

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