Igrish-Halam or Igriš-Halab,[1] was a
king of the ancient
city state of
Ebla.[2][3] His name means "(The god of)
Halab has driven away (the opponent)", hence, the name might be a commemoration of an Eblaite victory that led to the incorporation of lands beyond the city of Halab.[4]
Reign
He ruled for 12 years[5] and was succeeded by his son
Irkab-Damu who was a more vigorous ruler.
Conflict with Mari
His reign was characterized by an Eblaite weakness, and tribute paying to the kingdom of
Mari,[6][7] with whom Ebla fought a long war.[8] His battle with
Iblul-Il of
Mari at
Sahiri was instrumental in this
tribute payment.
^Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. 4. (University of Toronto Press, 1990).
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^Tonietti, Maria Vittoria (2010). "Musicians in the Ebla Texts". In Pruzsinszky, Regine; Shehata, Dahlia. Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken.( LIT Verlag Münster., 2010) p69
^Nadali, Davide (2007). "Monuments of War, War of Monuments: Some Considerations on Commemorating War in the Third Millennium BC". Orientalia. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. 76 (4). p350. OCLC 557711946.
^Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. p. 462.
Bibliography
Archi, Alfonso (2010). "Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period". IRAQ. 72: In Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor David Hawkins. Cambridge University Press - On Behalf of The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (
Gertrude Bell Memorial).
ISSN0021-0889.
JSTOR20779017.