Kunnam

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Kunnam was an Elamite general who lived around 1750 BC. Lived and was contemporary of the kings Zimri-Lim ( Mari ) and Hammurabi from Babylon.

Kunnam is best known from various letters from Mari. During the reign of Hammurabi there was a large-scale campaign by the kingdom of Elam against Mesopotamia, in the course of which some cities were conquered. Only after a few years could Elam's troops be completely pushed back in Hammurapi's 30th year of reign. Kunnam led the military expedition against Šubat-Enlil , a city in the north of present-day Syria , and is said to have entered the country with a very large army. Kunnam also installed Ibni-Addu as king of Tadum (probably Tell Farfara ) and forced the local kings to ally with Elam. He then moved south again. Kunnam had a reputation for never lying. He is described as drunk several times.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel T. Potts: The Archeology of Elam. Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-56358-5 , p. 171.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Hempel: Letters to the King of Mari , Winona Lake, Indiana, ISBN 1-57506-080-9 , p. 302.
  3. ^ Hempel: Letters to the King of Mari , p. 295.
  4. ^ Adam E. Miglio: Tribe and State, The Dynamics of Internation Politics and the Reign of Zimri-Lim , Piscataway 2014, ISBN 978-1-4632-0249-1 , p. 219.
  5. ^ Hempel: Letters to the King of Mari , p. 303.
  6. ↑ Hempel: Letters to the King of Mari , S. 294th
personal data
SURNAME Kunnam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elamite general
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century BC BC or 18th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 18th century BC Chr.