Naram-Sin of Eshnunna

For other people named Naram-Sin, see Naram-Sin (disambiguation).

Naram-Sin was the King of Eshnunna for at least nine years^[1] during the later 19th century BCE, during its brief time of political power.

Narām-Sîn Naram-Suen
Ensi (issakkum) of Eshnunna
King of Eshnunna
Reign	c. 1810-1801 BCE
Died	c. 1801 BC
Father	Ipiq-Adad II

Early Life

He is known to be the son of Ipiq-Adad II, king of Eshnunna.

Reign

He succeeded his father on the throne and reigned around 1810-1801 BCE.^[2]

Shamshi-Adad

He was contemporary of Shamshi-Adad I, the future king of the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia.^[3] Shamshi-Adad was apparently ousted from his city by Naram-Sin which led to a brief exile in Babylon.

Military campaigns

He continued the expansion of Eshnunna begun by his father, Ipiq-Adad II. He raided the Khabur triangle up to Ašnakkum.^[4]

An inscription praying for the king's peace was found in Kythira.^[5]

References

1. Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian period (2003-1595 BC). Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-4426-7803-3. OCLC 288092394.
2. Arkhipov, Ilya, 'The Middle East after the Fall of Ur: From Assur to the Levant', in Karen Radner, Nadine Moeller, and D. T. Potts (eds), The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II: Volume II: From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon (New York, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 Aug. 2022)
3. Frayne, Douglas R. “Naram-Suen and the Mušḫuššu Serpents.” Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 102, no. 3, 1982, pp. 511–13
4. Charpin 2004b: 131
5. Weidner, Ernst F.; Thomas, Helen (1939). "The Inscription from Kythera". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 59 (1): 137–138. doi:10.2307/626920. ISSN 2041-4099. JSTOR 626920. S2CID 161571860.

See also

• Naram-Sin of Akkad
• Naram-Sin of Assyria