Gir-Namme

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Gir-Namme was a king of Elam who lived around 2035 BC. Ruled. He appears in a list of kings on a clay tablet from Susa . There he is the first ruler of the Shimashki dynasty. From other sources it is known that in the 6th year of King Su-Sin he sent an envoy to Ur to bring a daughter of the ruler to Anschan , who was supposed to marry the ruler there, perhaps Gir-Namme himself.

literature

  • DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, pp. 138, 144, 147 ISBN 0521564964
  • Gwendolyn Leick: Who's who in the Ancient Near East , 1999, p. 62 ISBN 9780415132305
personal data
SURNAME Gir-Namme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Elam
DATE OF BIRTH 21st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 21st century BC Chr.