Iter-pisha

Iter-piša, inscribed in cuneiform as i-te-er-pi/pi_{4-ša and meaning "Her command is surpassing",^[1] ca. 1769–1767 BC (short chronology) or ca. 1833–1831 BC (middle chronology), was the 12^th king of Isin during the Old Babylonian period. The Sumerian King List^{[i 1]} tells us that "the divine Iter-piša ruled for 4 years."^{[nb 1]} The Ur-Isin King List^{[i 2]} which was written in the 4^th year of the reign of Damiq-ilišu gives a reign of just 3 years.^[2]}

Biography

He was a contemporary of Warad-Sin (ca. 1770 BC to 1758 BC) the king of Larsa, whose brother and successor, Rim-Sin I would eventually come to overthrow the dynasty, ending the cities' bitter rivalry around 40 years later. He is only known from Kings lists and year-name date formulae.^[3]

A letter from Iter-piša to a deity^{[i 3]} was excavated in a scribal school, "House F," in Nippur during the 1951–52 dig season. The scribal school had operated during the 1740s, early in the reign of king Samsu-iluna and the piece had become a belle letter.^[4]

External links

• Iter-piša year-names at CDLI, but note the tablet reference BM 85384 in year-name (b) is incorrect.

Inscriptions

1. ↑ Sumerian King List, Ash. 1923.444, the "Weld-Blundell Prism."
2. ↑ Ur-Isin King List tablet MS 1686.
3. ↑ MS 2287 in the Schøyen Collection.

Notes

1. ↑ ^di.te.er.pi₄.ša mu 4 i.ak.

References