Sin-Eribam ruled the
ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Iran ( Elam, ...
Amorite
The Amorites (; sux, ๐ฅ๐
, MAR.TU; Akkadian: ๐๐ฌ๐๐ or ๐พ๐๐ก๐/๐ ; he, ืึฑืืึนืจึดื, 'ฤmลrฤซ; grc, แผฮผฮฟฯฯฮฑแฟฮฟฮน) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...
city-state of
Larsa
Larsa ( Sumerian logogram: UD.UNUGKI, read ''Larsamki''), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. ฮฮฑฯฮฑฮณฯฯฮฝ) by Berossos and connected with the biblical Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult ...
for only two years, from c. 1778 BC to 1776 BC (
short chronology
The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...
).
[Chronology of the Larsa Dynasty, E.M. Grice , C.E. Keiser, M. Jastrow, AMS Press, 1979, ]
See also
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Chronology of the ancient Near East
The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...
Notes
External links
Sin-Eribam Year Names at CDLI
Amorite kings
18th-century BC Sumerian kings
Kings of Larsa
18th-century BC people
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