Sîn-gāmil

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| name = Sîn-gāmil

| title =King of Uruk

| image = Tablet of Sin-Gamil of Uruk.jpg

| caption = Dedication tablet of Sîn-gāmil, ruler of Uruk, 18th century BCE.{{cite web |title=Full description of the tablet: CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P429914 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}} British Museum.BM 91082 {{cite web |title=Tablet |url=https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=366055&page=1&partId=1 |website=British Museum}}

| reign = 18th century BCE

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| predecessor = Sîn-irībam

| successor = Ilum-gāmil

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| royal house = 6th Dynasty of Uruk

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Sîn-gāmil (inscribed in {{langx|akk|𒀭𒂗𒍪𒂵𒈪𒅋}}: DEN.ZU-kà-mi-il) was an Amorite king of Uruk during the 18th century BCE, at the time of the Isin-Larsa period. He was the son of Sîn-irībam, and Ilum-gāmil, his brother succeeded him.Frayne, Douglas, "Uruk", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 439-483, 1990

Sîn-gāmil is also known from one of this dedication tablets.{{cite book |last1=King |first1=Leonard William|title=A history of Sumer and Akkad : an account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy |date=1910 |publisher=London : Chatto & Windus |page=289 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsumera00king/page/n372/mode/2up}}

His son was Salim-palih-Marduk, and, according to their seals, their deities were Marduk and Shamash.{{cite book |last1=Toorn |first1=K. Van Der |title=Family Religion in Babylonia, Ugarit and Israel: Continuity and Changes in the Forms of Religious Life |date=1996 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-10410-5 |page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSJWkrXfbLQC&pg=PA67 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Tanret |first1=Michel |title=The Seal of the Sanga: On the Old Babylonian Sangas of Šamaš of Sippar-Jaḫrūrum and Sippar-Amnānum |date=2010 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-17958-5 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ot62ER3w-OwC&pg=PA165 |language=en}}

The dynasty of the Kings of Uruk in the early 2nd millennium BC was composed of the following rulers in approximate chronological order: Alila-hadum, Sumu-binasa, Naram-Sin of Uruk, Sîn-kāšid, Sîn-iribam, Sîn-gamil, Ilum-gamil, An-am, Irdanene, Rîm-Anum, and Nabi-ilišu.{{cite web |title=Year names (CDLI) |url=http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=year_names |website=cdli.ox.ac.uk}}

This ruler is not to be confused with the Sîn-gamil, son of Sin-semi, who ruled the city of Diniktum contemporary with Zimri-Lim of Mari.Frayne, Douglas, "Diniktum", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 682-685, 1990

File:Sîn-gāmil (name).jpg|The name "Sîn-gāmil" on a dedication tablet, and in standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform

File:Lugal Unug-ki.jpg|Inscription {{cuneiform|𒈗𒀕𒆠}}, Lugal Unugki, "King of Uruk" on the tablet of Sîn-gāmil.{{cite web|title=CDLI-Archival View|url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P429914|website=cdli.ucla.edu}}

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Category:Kings of Uruk