Erridupizir Explained

Erridupizir
King of Guti, King of the Four Quarters
Reign:	fl. 2141–2138 BC (short chronology)
Successor:	Imta

Erridupizir (Erridu-pizir) (fl. 2141–2138 BC (Short chronology)) was a Gutian ruler in Sumer. His reign was attested by a royal inscription at the archaeological site for the ancient city-state of Nippur where he called himself: "King of Guti, King of the Four Quarters" Thought to be the "king without a name" on the SKL.^{[1] [2] [3]} Imta then succeeded Erridupizir.

After the Akkadian Empire fell to the Gutians, the Lullubians rebelled against Erridupizir, according to the latter's inscriptions:

In another inscription he said "the goddess Aštar had stationed troops in Agade".^[4]

See also

• History of Sumer
• List of Mesopotamian dynasties

Notes and References

1. Douglas Frayne, "Gutium" in "Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2234-2113 BC)", RIM The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Volume 2, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 219-230, 1993
2. Mesopotamian Chronicles by Jean-Jacques Glassner Published 2004
3. Reallexikon der Assyriologie by Erich Ebling, Bruno Meissner, 1993, Walter de Gruyter,
4. van Dijk-Coombes, Renate Marian. “‘Lady of Battle, His Beloved Spouse’: The Relationship between the Body of Inana/Ištar and Her Spheres of War and Love from the Jemdet Nasr to the Old Babylonian Period.” Die Welt Des Orients, vol. 50, no. 1, 2020, pp. 146–76