Zabaia
| Zabaia | |
|---|---|
| Ruler of Larsa | |
| Reign | c. 1941-1932 BC |
| Died | c. 1932 BC |
| Father | Samium |
Zabâia (also Zabâya) governed the ancient Near East city of Larsa c. 1941 BC-1932 BC (MC). He was an Amorite and the son of Samium.[1][2][3][4] He is thought to have been the brother of Gungunum.[5]
A brick inscription found at Larsa reads, "Zabaya, Chief of the Amorites, son of Samium, re-built the Ebabbar" (Zabaya rabian Amurri mar Samium Ebabbara ipus). The E-babbar is a temple of the god Shamash. An alternate reading is the he "built" the Ebabbar".[6] This is the only known textual mention of Samium outside the Larsa King List.[7][4] A damaged clay cone found at Mashkan-shapir carries a similar text.[8] A fragmentary text about deliveries to Isin, found at Girsu, mentioned Zabaia "... since Zabaia, my lord, assumed the throne ...".[9] Larsa ruler Abisare also used the "Chief of the Amorites" title.[10]
A cylinder seal impression read "Princess Rubatum daughter of Zabaya and wife of Ištar-kima-iliya".[5] A Neo-Babylonian or Late Babylonian copy of a bronze figurine read "To Nanse, the powerful lady, lady of the boundary (?), his lady, for the life of Zabaya, the strong king, chief of the Amorites ...".[11]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002
- ↑ Marcel Segris, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990 ISBN 0-943872-54-5
- ↑ Grice, Ettalene Mears, "Chronology of the Larsa dynasty", Yale University Press, 1919
- 1 2 Weisberg, David B., "Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 194–98, 1989
- 1 2 Charpin, Dominique, "Données nouvelles sur l'histoire de Larsa (II)", Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, (2024)
- ↑ Douglas Frayne, "Larsa", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 107-322, 1990
- ↑ Birot, Maurice, "Découvertes épigraphiques à Larsa (campagnes 1967)", Syria 45, pp. 241-247, 1968
- ↑ Steinkeller, Piotr, "A Building Inscription of Sin-iddinam and Other Inscribed Materials from Abu Duwari", The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 135-152, 2004
- ↑ Arnaud, Daniel, "Textes Relatifs à l'Histoire de Larsa: I", RA 71, pp.3-8, 1977
- ↑ Jahn, Brit, "The Migration and Sedentarization of the Amorites from the Point of View of the Settled Babylonian Population", Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marlies Heinz and Marian H. Feldman, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 193-210, 2007
- ↑ F. N. F. Al-Rawi, "Tablets from de Sippar Library X. A Dedication for Zabaya of Larsa", Iraq 64, p. 247-248, 2002
Further reading
[edit]- Charpin, Dominique, "Chroniques bibliographiques: 7. Les inscriptions royales suméro-akkadiennes d'époque paléo-babylonienne", Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 100.1, pp. 131-160, 2006
- Husain, Shaimaa Nassir, "Two Unpublished Economic Texts from The Reign of The King of Larsa Gun-gun-um", Journal of Babylon Center for Humanities Studies 15.5, pp. 131, 2025