Zambiya
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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Zambīia
| title = King of Isin
| image=Inscribed Cone of King Zambiya of Isin, Isin-Larsa period, reign of Zambiya, c. 1836-1834 BC, baked clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07474.JPG
| caption = Inscribed Cone of King Zambiya of Isin, Isin-Larsa period, reign of Zambiya, c. 1836-1834 BC, baked clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
| reign = 3 regnal years
c. 1836-1834 BC (MC)
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| predecessor = Enlil-bāni
| successor = Iter-piša
| spouse =
| royal house = 1st Dynasty of Isin
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Zambīia, dza-am-bi-ia, c. 1836–1834 BC (MC), was the 11th king of the 1st Dynasty of Isin. He is best known for his defeat at the hands of Sin-iqišam, king of Larsa.
Biography
According to the Sumerian King List,The Sumerian King List, WB 444, Ash. 1923.444, the Weld-Blundell prism. Zambīia reigned for 3 years.{{ cite book | title = A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts | url = https://archive.org/details/remarkablecollec00frib | url-access = limited | author = Jöran Friberg | publisher = Springer | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/remarkablecollec00frib/page/n251 231] }} He was a contemporary of Sin-iqišam king of Larsa, whose fifth and final year-name celebrates his victory over Zambīia: “year the army of (the land of) Elam (and Zambīia (the king of Isin),) was/were defeated by arms,” suggesting a confederation between Isin and Elam against Larsa. The city of Nippur was hotly contested between the city-states. If Zambīia survived this battle, he may have possibly gone on to be contemporary with Sin-iqišam’s successors, Ṣilli-Adad and Warad-Sin.{{ cite book | title = Studies in Old Babylonian history | author = Marten Stol | publisher = Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul | year = 1976 | page = 15 }}
A single inscription is known for this king, on cone fragments,A 7557, IM 77073. which reads:
{{quote|Zambīia, the shepherd who reveres Nippur, farmer who brings tall flax and grain for Duranki, true provider, who fills the courtyard of the Egalmaḫ with abundant things, king of Isin, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, spouse chosen by the goddess Inanna, beloved of the god Enlil and the goddess Ninisina, built the great wall of Isin. The name of that wall is “Zambīia is the beloved of the goddess Ištar”.{{cite book | title = Old Babylonian period (2003-1595 BC): Early Periods, Volume 4 (RIM The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia) | author = Douglas Frayne | publisher = University of Toronto Press | year = 1990 | pages = 91–92}}|Zambīia|Commemorative inscription for great wall of Isin}}
A votive dedication to the goddess Nanše on behalf of Zambīia was copied from an inscription on a bronze buck.{{ cite book | title = The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture | url = https://archive.org/details/oxfordhandbookcu00radn_560 | url-access = limited | author = Karen Radner, Eleanor Robson | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2011 | page = [https://archive.org/details/oxfordhandbookcu00radn_560/page/n600 569] | isbn = 978-0-19-955730-1 }}
See also
Inscriptions
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120318233348/http://cdli.ucla.edu/wiki/doku.php/zambija Zambīia year-names at CDLI.]
{{Kings of Isin-Larsa}}
Category:19th-century BC Sumerian kings