Sîn-māgir (,
Dsuen-ma-gir), inscribed
dEN.ZU''-ma-gir'', “
Sîn upholds,”
c. 1827–1817 BC (
MC) was the 14th king of
Isin
Isin (, modern Arabic language, Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at ...
and he reigned for 11 years.
[''Sumerian King Lists'' Ash. 1923.444 and CBS 19797 and ''Ur-Isin king list'' MS 1686.]
Biography
His reign falls over the last six years of
Warad-Sin
Warad-Sin (, ARAD- Dsuen) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1834-1823 BC ( MC). There are indications that his father Kudur-Mabuk was co-regent or at very least the power behind the throne. His sister En-ane-du was high prieste ...
and the first five of
Rim-Sin I, the sons of
Kudur-Mabuk
Kudur-Mabuk (𒆪𒁺𒌨𒈠𒁍𒊌) was a ruler in the ancient Near East city-state
of Larsa from 1770 BC to 1754 BC (short chronology) or 1830s BC (middle chronology). His sons Warad-Sin (1834-1823) and
Rim-Sin I (1822-1763) were kings of L ...
and successive kings of
Larsa
Larsa (, read ''Larsamki''), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. Λαραγχων) by Berossus, Berossos and connected with the biblical Arioch, Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the Cult (religious pra ...
, and wholly within the reign of the
Babylon
Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...
ian monarch
Apil-Sin
Apil-Sin was an Amorite King of the First Dynasty of Babylon (the ''Amorite Dynasty''). He possibly reigned between 1830 to 1813 BC. Apil-Sin was the grandfather of Hammurabi, who significantly expanded the Babylonian kingdom.
Reign
Little ...
. There are currently six extant royal inscriptions, including brick palace inscriptions,
[Brick, IM 78635.] seals for his devoted servants, such as Iddin-damu, his “chief builder,” and Imgur-Sîn, his administrator, and a cone
[Cone A 16750.] which records the construction of a storehouse for the goddess Aktuppītum of Kiritab in his honor commissioned by Nupṭuptum, the ''lukur'' priestess or concubine, “his beloved traveling escort, mother of his first-born.”
An inscription
[IB 1610, from Isin, a complete cone and VA Bab 628, 609, from Babylon, parts of a single cone.] marks the construction of a defensive wall, called ''Dūr-Sîn-māgir'', “Sîn-māgir makes the foundation of his land firm,” at Dunnum, a city northeast of
Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Nibru'', often logogram, logographically recorded as , EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, ''The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory'': Vol. 1, Part 1, Ca ...
. Control of Nippur itself however may have shifted to Larsa, under the rule of Warad-Sîn and his father, Kudur-Mabuk, the power behind the throne, as his sixth year-name celebrates that he “had (14 copper statues brought into Nippur and) 3 thrones adorned with gold brought into the temples of
Nanna,
Ningal
Ningal ( Sumerian: "Great Queen"; Akkadian Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. She was particularly closely associated with his main cult centers, Ur and Harran, but they were also worshiped toge ...
and
Utu
Shamash ( Akkadian: ''šamaš''), also known as Utu ( Sumerian: dutu " Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. He was believed to see everything that happened in the world every day, and was therefore responsible for justice and protection ...
.” Larsa was to retain Nippur until year nine of Rīm-Sîn when it was lost to
Damiq-ilišu. One of the cones bearing this inscription was found in the ruins of the temple of
Ninurta
Ninurta (: , possible meaning "Lord fBarley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (: , meaning "Lord fGirsu"), is an List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was f ...
, the ''é-ḫur-sag-tí-la'', in Babylon, and is thought likely to have been an ancient museum piece. The city of Dunnum, the celebration of whose original foundation may have been the purpose of the
Dynasty of Dunnum myth,
was taken by Rim-Sin the year before he conquered Isin and so it is conjectured that the cone was taken from Larsa as booty by
Ḫammu-rapī.
Two legal tablets offered for private sale, recording sales of a storehouse and palm grove, give a year-name elsewhere unattested, “year Sîn-māgir the king dug the Ninkarrak canal.”
[Tablets with dealer references LO.1250 and LO.1253.] Another year-name marks
"(Sîn-māgir) built on the bank of the Iturungal canal (the old wadi) a great fortification (called) ''Sîn-māgir-madana-dagal-dagal'' (Sîn-māgir broadens his country)." A province in the south and a town in eastern Babylonia near Tuplias are both called ''Bīt-Sîn-māgir'' and some historians have speculated one or other were named in his honor.
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See also
*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 ...
*List of Mesopotamian dynasties
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as History of Iraq, Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of ...
Inscriptions
References
External links
Sîn-māgir Year names at CDLI
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19th-century BC Sumerian kings
18th-century BC Sumerian kings
Dynasty of Isin