Iddin-Dagan

Iddin-Dagan (Akkadian: Iddin-Dagān, inscribed ^di-din ^dda-gan; fl. c. 1910 BCE — c. 1890 BCE by the short chronology of the ancient Near East or c. 1975 BCE — c. 1954 BCE by the middle chronology) was the 3rd king of the dynasty of Isin. His son and successor was Ishme-Dagan.

A praise poem to Iddin-Dagān, King of Sumer. Cuneiform script inscribed on a clay hexagonal prism, currently located at the Musée du Louvre (dated to c. 1950 BCE.)

Quotes

• My splendour covers the Land (𒌦). And as for you, your heroism and strength.
  • To his general Sîn-illat, Letter from Iddin-Dagan to Sîn-illat about the troops, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.

External links

• Iddin-Dagān year-names at CDLI.

• Inanna and Iddin-Dagān at ETCSL.

• A praise poem of Iddin-Dagān at ETCSL.

• An adab to Ningublaga for Iddin-Dagān at ETCSL.

• A namerima (?) for Iddin-Dagān at ETCSL.