Enna-Dagan
Enna-Dagan was a king of Mari who probably lived in the 24th century BC. Ruled. The exact chronological classification is still controversial. So far he is only known from texts from Ebla . In 1974, in the Syrian city of Ebla, an archive containing several thousand texts was found, whose documents highlight the culture, society and history of that time. Before this find, almost no inscriptions from this era and from this region were known.
Enna-Dagan ruled for about 4 or 5 years and was the successor to Nizi and contemporary of Irkab-Damu , who was king in Ebla. Enna-Dagan is known from a letter he sent to the unnamed King of Ebla, which can be identified as Irkab-Damu. The letter records the glorious deeds of his predecessor. The purpose of the letter was probably to document Mari's supremacy over Ebla at Enna-Dagan's accession to the throne.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfonso Archi : Ebla and Its Archives , De Gruyter, Boston, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-1-61451-716-0 , p. 28
- ^ Archi: Ebla and Its Archives , 22
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Enna-Dagan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ruler of Mari |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |