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Ammi-Ditana

Ancient Babylonian king

Ancient Babylonian king

FieldValue
nameAmmī-ditāna
titleKing of Babylon
term37 years;
1683–1647 BC (MC);
1675–1639 BC (LMC)
predecessorAbī-ešuḫ
successorAmmī-ṣaduqa
spouseŠamuḫtum (probably)
childrenAmmī-ṣaduqa, etc.

1683–1647 BC (MC); 1675–1639 BC (LMC) Ammī-ditāna was a king of Babylon who reigned 1683–1647 BC (according to the Middle Chronology; or 1675–1639 BC according to the Lower Middle Chronology). He was the son and successor of Abī-ešuḫ.

Year-names survive for the first 37 years of his reign, plus fragments for a few possible additional years. His reign was a largely peaceful one; he was primarily engaged in enriching and enlarging the temples, and a few other building projects, although in his 37th regnal year he recorded having destroyed the city wall of Der, built earlier by King Dāmiq-ilišu of Isin.

Ammī-ditāna was succeeded by his eldest son Ammī-ṣaduqa.

Family

The wife of Ammī-ditāna and mother of his successor was possibly named Šamuḫtum. At least three children of the king are attested:

  • Ammī-ṣaduqa, the eldest son and his father’s successor (possibly by Šamuḫtum)
  • Šumum-libši
  • Unnamed female, married at the behest of her brother Šumum-libši
  • Iltani, devotee (nadītum) of Šamaš, a possible daughter
  • Elmēšum, a possible daughter
  • Annabum, a possible daughter

Literature

Ammī-ditāna is known for his association with literary works. One work is called Ammī-ditāna's hymn to Ištar. Another work is Di 1353, a letter to chief lamentation priest of Annunītum on the provision of fodder barley for livestock in Nakkamtum.

References

References

  1. Douglas Frayne, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods'', vol. 4: ''Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC)'' Toronto, 1990: 411.
  2. C. B. F. Walker, "Mesopotamian Chronology," in: Dominique Collon, ''Ancient Near Eastern Art'', Berkeley, 1995: 235.
  3. T. De Jong and "A New Look at the Venus Observations of Ammisaduqa," ''Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Luxe'' 42 (2010) 141–157.
  4. Douglas Frayne, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods'', vol. 4: ''Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC)'' Toronto, 1990: 411.
  5. [http://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/yearnames/HTML/T12K9.htm Year-names for Ammi-ditana]
  6. Douglas Frayne, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods'', vol. 4: ''Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC)'' Toronto, 1990: 425; Lukáš Pecha, ''The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State'', Lanham, MD, 2018: 227.
  7. Lukáš Pecha, ''The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State'', Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219; but as noted by Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," ''Isin'' (2021/2) 27–43: 33, the king's mother Šamuḫtum is not explicitly associated with any named king.
  8. Douglas Frayne, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods'', vol. 4: ''Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC)'' Toronto, 1990: 426; Lukáš Pecha, ''The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State'', Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  9. Lukáš Pecha, ''The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State'', Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  10. Lukáš Pecha, ''The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State'', Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
  11. Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," ''Isin'' (2021/2) 27–43: 30, 31, 35, 37.
  12. Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," ''Isin'' (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
  13. Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon," ''Isin'' (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
  14. "Ammi-ditāna's hymn to Ištar".
  15. Caroline, Jensen. (2021). "By Order of the King: Ammi-Ditana's Letter on the Provision of Fodder Barley for the Sheep and Oxen of the Nakkamtum". Journal of Cuneiform Studies.
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