Sin-magir ( Sumer. D suen-ma-gir ; literally. “ Sin agreed” ) - king of Isin , ruled around 1828 - 1817 BC. e. The sources do not indicate whose son he was.
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Reign
The reign of Sin-magir falls in the last years of the reign of Varad-Sin and the first years of Rim-Sin , the brothers who successively occupied the throne of Lars , the sons of Kudurmabug . Sin-magir was also a contemporary of the Babylonian monarch Apil-Sin . To this day, several royal inscriptions have been preserved, including: a brick inscription from the palace dedicated to the king’s devoted servants, such as Iddin-Damu, his “chief builder” and Imgur-Sin, his administrator; an inscription on a clay cone marking the completion of the construction of a vault in honor of the goddess Aktuppītum in Kiritab, commissioned by order of Nuptupum, who, as they say, was his lukur (priestess or concubine) “a faithful companion, mother of his firstborn ".
Another inscription marks the construction of a defensive wall called Dur Sin Magir (Sin Magira Fortress) in Dunnum, a city northeast of Nippur. However, it should be noted that the control over Nippur itself by that time may have belonged to Lars, that is, to her king Varad-Sin, and to his father Kudurmabug, who was behind his throne. The sixth year of Varad-Sin ( 1830/1829 BC ) is called: “The year when [Varad-Sin] presented 14 copper statues to Nippur and 3 thrones decorated with [gold] in the temples of Nanna , Ningal and Shamasha ” . Lars retained sovereignty over Nippur, until 1813., the ninth year of the reign of Rome-Sina, when the city returned to Isin's control under the son of Sin-magir Damik-iliha .
A clay cone bearing this inscription was found in the ruins of the Ninurta Ehursagtila Temple (é-ḫur-sag-tí-la) in Babylon, and is believed, perhaps, already in those times, to be considered an old museum exhibit associated with the myth of the dynasty Dunnum. The city of Dunnum was taken by Rim Sin a year before it captured Yixing and therefore it was suggested that the cone was taken from Lars as a trophy after the victory of the Babylonian king Hammurabi .
A private label containing records of the sale of a warehouse and a palm grove gives the name of the year, nowhere else unapproved: "The year when King Sin-magir dug the Ninkarrak canal." Another dating formula: “The year when [King Sin-magir] built a large fortification of Sin-magir-madana-dagal-dagal (“ Sin-magir expands his country ”) on the banks of the Iturungal canal , ” suggests some expansion actions kingdom of Sin-magir. Perhaps he took possession of Mr. Kazallu , as he was building in Aktap , apparently one of the cities of this nome on the Me-Enlil canal. In the war of Sin-magir with Malgium, Kazallu probably acted in submission to Isin .
A county in the south and a city in the eastern part of Babylonia near Tupliash (Eshnunny), both got names called Bit Sin Maghir, and some historians believe they were named after this monarch.
According to the Royal List and the List of the Kings of Ur and Isin, Sin-magir ruled for 11 years.
List of Sin-Magir's dating formulas
| 1 year 1828/1827 BC e. |
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| I dynasty of Yixing | ||
| Predecessor: Urdulkuga | King Isin OK. 1828 - 1817 BC e. (rules 11 years) | Successor: Damik Yishu I |
Notes
- ↑ Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archéologie Orientale (Paris 1886 ff.) / Journal of Assyiology and Oriental Archeology ( Paris 1886 et seq.)
Literature
- History of the Ancient East. The origin of the oldest class societies and the first foci of slave civilization. Part 1. Mesopotamia / Edited by I. M. Dyakonov . - M .: The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house " Science ", 1983. - 534 p. - 25,050 copies.
- Ancient East and antiquity . // Rulers of the World. Chronological and genealogical tables on world history in 4 vols. / Compiled by V.V. Erlikhman . - T. 1.