Zabaia Explained

Zabaia (or Zabaya) ruled the ancient Near East city-stateof Larsa from 1941 BC to 1932 BC (MC). He was an Amorite and the son ofSamium.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

A brick inscription found at Larsa reads, "Zabaya, Chief of the Amorites, son of Samium, re-built the Ebabbar" (Zabaya rabian Amurri mar Samium Ebabbara ipus). The E-babbar is a temple of the god Shamash. An alternate reading is the he "built" the Ebabbar".^[5] This is the only known textual mention of Samium outside the Larsa King List.^{[6] [7]} A damaged clay cone foundat Mashkan-shapir carries a similar text.^[8] Larsa ruler Abisare also usedthe "Chief of the Amorites" title.^[9]

See also

• Chronology of the ancient Near East
• List of Mesopotamian dynasties

Notes and References

1. https://uruk-warka.dk/news/2023/THE_RULERS_OF_LARSA.pdf
2. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=books
3. Chronology of the Larsa Dynasty, E.M. Grice, C.E. Keiser, M. Jastrow, AMS Press, 1979,
4. David B. Weisberg, "Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 41 (1989), pp. 194-198
5. Douglas Frayne, "Larsa", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 107-322, 1990
6. Birot, Maurice, "Découvertes épigraphiques à Larsa (campagnes 1967)", Syria 45, pp. 241-247, 1968
7. Weisberg, David B., "Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 194–98, 1989
8. Steinkeller, Piotr, "A Building Inscription of Sin-iddinam and Other Inscribed Materials from Abu Duwari", The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 135-152, 2004
9. Jahn, Brit, "The Migration and Sedentarization of the Amorites from the Point of View of the Settled Babylonian Population", Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marlies Heinz and Marian H. Feldman, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 193-210, 2007