Yagli-El

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Yagli-El (Yaglï -'- el - the god showed himself ) was a king of Dilmun who lived around 1700 BC. Chr. To Bahrain ruled. He is known from three Akkadian inscriptions on three stone vessels that were found in his tomb. Another inscription with his name on a stone vessel was found in Qalʿat al-Bahrain . There he is referred to as the servant of Inzak , of the (tribe) Agarum . His father, the King Rimum , is also named. The vessels were found in 2012 during excavations in large burial mounds, which were obviously the tombs of the rulers of Dilmun. Large parts of Bahrain are covered with such burial mounds.

His burial mound ( Royal Mound 8 ) is the only one that can be assigned to a king of Dilmun with some certainty. The round hill was once about 21 m in diameter. Before the excavation, it was about 6.5 m high. A wall with a diameter of 31.6 m once ran around the hill. The interior of the hill has an entrance to the east. This is followed by a corridor, on both sides of which there are three elongated chambers. At the end of the corridor is a single chamber that was once closed with a stone block. The facility found itself robbed. Pottery and the remains of various stone vessels were found, some of which were labeled.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gianni Marchesiː Inscriptions from the Royal Mounds of A'alo (Bahrain) and related Texts , inː Steffen Terp Laursenː The Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain , Aarhus 2017, ISBN 978-87-93423-16-9 , p. 427
  2. ^ Steffen Terp Laursen: Kings of Dilmun identified by name ; Kings of Dilmun identified by name Kings of Dilmun identified by name and announced in a press conference held by BACA
  3. ↑ Steffen Terp Laursenː The Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain , Aarhus 2017, ISBN 978-87-93423-16-9 , pp. 220–246


personal data
SURNAME Yagli-El
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Dilmun
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 18th century BC BC or 17th century BC Chr.