Iter-pisha
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Iter-piša, i-te-er-pi/pi4-ša, ca. 1769–1767 BC (short chronology
) was the 12th king of Isin
during the Old Babylonian period. The Sumerian King ListSumerian King List, Ash. 1923.444, the “Weld-Blundell Prism.” tells us that “the divine Iter-piša ruled for 4 years.”di.te.er.pi4.ša mu 4 i.ak. The Ur-Isin King ListMS 1686. which was written in the 4th year of the reign of Damiq-ilišu gives a reign of just 3 years.
(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.
A letter from Iter-piša to a deityMS 2287 in the Schøyen Collection. was excavated in a scribal school, “House F,” in Nippur
during the 1951–52 dig season. The scribal school had operated during the 1740’s, early in the reign of king Samsu-iluna
and the piece had become a belle letter.
Short chronology timeline
The short chronology is one chronology of the Near Eastern Bronze and Early Iron Age, which fixes the reign of Hammurabi to 1728 BC – 1686 BC and the sack of Babylon to 1531 BC....
) was the 12th king of Isin
Isin
Isin was an ancient city-state of lower Mesopotamia about 20 miles south of Nippur at the site of modern Ishan al-Bahriyat in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.-History:...
during the Old Babylonian period. The Sumerian King ListSumerian King List, Ash. 1923.444, the “Weld-Blundell Prism.” tells us that “the divine Iter-piša ruled for 4 years.”di.te.er.pi4.ša mu 4 i.ak. The Ur-Isin King ListMS 1686. which was written in the 4th year of the reign of Damiq-ilišu gives a reign of just 3 years.
Biography
He was a contemporary of Warad-SinWarad-Sin
Warad-Sin ruled the ancient Near East city-stateof Larsa from 1770 BC to 1758 BC. There are indications that hisfather Kudur-Mabuk was co-regent or at very least the power behind thethrone. His sister En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god in Ur....
(ca. 1770 BC to 1758 BC) the king of Larsa
Larsa
Larsa was an important city of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu. It lies some 25 km southeast of Uruk in Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal at the site of the modern settlement Tell as-Senkereh or Sankarah.-History:According to...
, whose brother and successor, Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I ruled the ancient Near East city-stateof Larsa from 1758 BC to 1699 BC or 1822 BC to 1763 BC . His sister En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god in Ur. Rim-Sin I was a contemporary of Hammurabi of Babylon and Irdanene of Uruk.-Reign:Rim-Sin’s reign of Larsa started sometime around...
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.
A letter from Iter-piša to a deityMS 2287 in the Schøyen Collection. was excavated in a scribal school, “House F,” in Nippur
Nippur
Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind," ruler of the cosmos subject to An alone...
during the 1951–52 dig season. The scribal school had operated during the 1740’s, early in the reign of king Samsu-iluna
Samsu-Iluna
Samsu-iluna was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon, ruling from 1750 BC to 1712 BC middle chronology. He was the son and successor of Hammurabi by an unknown mother...
and the piece had become a belle letter.