Dāduša

Dāduša was probably from 1788 to 1779 BC. King of Ešnunna and son of Ipiq-Adad II. While many of the rulers there called themselves only "governor", he, like his father, assumed the title "king" ( sum .: lugal ). He is historically well documented as his subordinates sealed in his name in many cities and these seals were found. He also made a stele with a depiction parallel to the Mardin stele Šamši-Adads I , in which Dāduša places his foot on the king of Arbela . The inscription shows that he gave the area of Qabra , which he had conquered together with Šamši-Adad I., to them. There was probably a coalition between these two rulers, who were roughly equal in power. The Codex Ešnunna possibly also goes back to Dāduša , the oldest Akkadian legal collection, which probably served as a model for the Codex Ḫammurapi .

literature

• Douglas R. Frayne: The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Early Periods 4: Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Toronto, 1990, pp. 562-572. ISBN 0-8020-5873-6

predecessor	Office	successor
Iqiš-Tišpak	King of Ešnunna until 1779	Ibâl-pî-El II.