Iter-pisha explained

Īter-pīša
King of Isin
Reign:ca. 1769–1767 BC
Predecessor:Zambiya
Successor:Ur-du-kuga
Royal House:1st Dynasty of Isin

Īter-pīša, inscribed in cuneiform as i-te-er-pi/pi4-ša and meaning "Her command is surpassing",[1] ca. 1769–1767 BC (short chronology) or ca. 1833–1831 BC (middle chronology), was the 12th king of Isin during the Old Babylonian period. The Sumerian King List[2] tells us that "the divine Īter-pīša ruled for 4 years."[3] The Ur-Isin King List[4] which was written in the 4th year of the reign of Damiq-ilišu gives a reign of just 3 years.[5] His relationships with his predecessor and successor are uncertain and his reign falls during a period of general decline in the fortunes of the dynasty.

Biography

He was a contemporary of Warad-Sin (ca. 1770 BC to 1758 BC) the king of Larsa, whose brother and successor, Rim-Sin I would eventually come to overthrow the dynasty, ending the cities' bitter rivalry around 40 years later. He is only known from Kings lists and year-name date formulae in several contemporary legal and administrative texts.[6] Two of his year-names refer to his provision of a copper Lilis for Utu and Inanna respectively, where Lilissu is a kettledrum used in temple rituals.[7]

He is perhaps best known for the literary work generally known as the letter from Nabi-Enlil to Īter-pīša formerly designated letter from Īter-pīša to a deity, when its contents were less well understood. It is extant in seven fragmentary manuscripts[8] and seems to be a petition to the king from a subject who has fallen on hard times.[9] It is a 24-line composition that had become a belle letter used in scribal education during the subsequent Old Babylonian period.[10]

Inscriptions

  1. atāru, CAD A/2, vol. 1 (1968), p. 489.
  2. Sumerian King List, Ash. 1923.444, the "Weld-Blundell Prism."
  3. di.te.er.pi4.ša mu 4 i.ak.
  4. Ur-Isin King List tablet MS 1686.
  5. Book: A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts . limited . Jöran Friberg . Springer . 2007 . 131–134 .
  6. Book: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Ia – Kizzuwatna . D. O. Edzard . 5 . Dietz Otto Edzard . Walter De Gruyter . 1999 . 216 .
  7. Book: Sounds From The Divine: Religious Musical Instruments In The Ancient Near East . Dahlia Shehata . Music in Antiquity: The Near East and the Mediterranean . Joan Goodnick Westenholz . Yossi Maurey . Edwin Seroussi . 2014 . Walter de Gruyter . 115 .
  8. Tablets UM 55-21-329 +, 3N-T0901,048, 3N-T 919,455, CBS 7857, UM 55-21-323, and CBS 14041 + in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and MS 2287 in the Schøyen Collection.
  9. 40) Nabu-Enlil-Īterpīša (ANL 7) . Pascal Attinger . Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU) . 2014 . 2 . 165–168 .
  10. The tablet House: a scribal school in old Babylonian Nippur . Eleanor Robson . Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale . 93 . 1 . 2001 . 58 . 10.3917/assy.093.0039. free .

Notes

  1. atāru, CAD A/2, vol. 1 (1968), p. 489.
  2. Sumerian King List, Ash. 1923.444, the "Weld-Blundell Prism."
  3. di.te.er.pi4.ša mu 4 i.ak.
  4. Ur-Isin King List tablet MS 1686.
  5. Book: A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts . limited . Jöran Friberg . Springer . 2007 . 131–134 .
  6. Book: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Ia – Kizzuwatna . D. O. Edzard . 5 . Dietz Otto Edzard . Walter De Gruyter . 1999 . 216 .
  7. Book: Sounds From The Divine: Religious Musical Instruments In The Ancient Near East . Dahlia Shehata . Music in Antiquity: The Near East and the Mediterranean . Joan Goodnick Westenholz . Yossi Maurey . Edwin Seroussi . 2014 . Walter de Gruyter . 115 .
  8. Tablets UM 55-21-329 +, 3N-T0901,048, 3N-T 919,455, CBS 7857, UM 55-21-323, and CBS 14041 + in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and MS 2287 in the Schøyen Collection.
  9. 40) Nabu-Enlil-Īterpīša (ANL 7) . Pascal Attinger . Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU) . 2014 . 2 . 165–168 .
  10. The tablet House: a scribal school in old Babylonian Nippur . Eleanor Robson . Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale . 93 . 1 . 2001 . 58 . 10.3917/assy.093.0039. free .

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