List of kings of Ebla

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The list of kings of Ebla includes the known monarchs of Ebla who ruled three consecutive kingdoms. For the first kingdom's monarchs, tablets listing offerings to kings mention ten names, and another list mentions 33 kings. No kings are known from the second kingdom and all dates are estimates according to the Middle chronology.

The list

Ibbit-Lim statue, dated to the third kingdom c. 2000 BC Seated ruler, dated to the third kingdom, exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art Prince Maratewari (left), crown prince of king Indilimma

Ruler	Reigned	Comments
The first kingdom
Sakume	c. 3100 BC.	The first king ruled approximately 660 years before the destruction of the first kingdom; the year 2400 was used by Robert R Stieglitz as the date of the destruction resulting in the year c. 3100 BC for the beginning of Sakume's reign.
Su (.) (...)		Name damaged.
Ladau
Abugar
Namnelanu
Dumudar
Ibla
Kulbanu
Assanu
Samiu
Zialu
Enmanu	c. 2740 BC
Namanu	c. 2720 BC.
Da (.) (.)	c. 2700 BC.	Name damaged.
Sagisu	c. 2680 BC.
Dane'um	c. 2660 BC.
Ibbini-Lim	c. 2640 BC.
Ishrut-Damu	c. 2620 BC.
Isidu	c. 2600 BC.
Isrut-Halam	c. 2580 BC.
Iksud	c. 2560 BC.
Talda-Lim	c. 2540 BC.
Abur-Lim	c. 2520 BC.
Agur-Lim	c. 2500 BC.
Ib-Damu I	c. 2480 BC.	A seal bearing his name was found in Kültepe.
Baga-Damu	c. 2460 BC.
Enar-Damu	c. 2440 BC.	Amongst the most referenced deified kings in the offering lists.
Eshar-Malik	c. 2420 BC.
Kun-Damu	c. 2400 BC.
Adub-Damu	c. 2380 BC.	Short reign.
Igrish-Halam	c. 2360 BC.	Ruled 12 years.
Irkab-Damu	c. 2340 BC.	Ruled 11 or 12 years. Died same year as Enna-Dagan of Mari
Isar-Damu	c. 2320 BC.	Ruled about 35 years. Son of Irkab-Damu. His Queen was Tabur-Damu.
Ir'ak-Damu		A prince, might have ascended the throne for a short period. Pottery seals of the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I have been found in the destruction layer of the city.
The second dynasty - Ebla arose again for a time during the Ur III period (c. 2100 BC) though no ruler names are yet known. It may have been a vassal of Ur for a time.
The third kingdom
Igrish-Heba	c. 2000 BC.
Ibbit-Lim	c. 2000 BC.
Ib-Damu II	c. 2000 BC.
Immeya	c. 1750 BC.	His grave is identified with the so-called "Tomb of the Lord of the Goats".
Hammu(....)		A successor of Immeya, not necessarily the direct one, the name was damaged but probably Hammurabi.
Sir-Damu	c. 1600 BC.
Indilimma	c. 1600 BC.
Memal...arri? (Maratewari)	c. 1600 BC.

Notes

1. ^ Tablet TM.74.G.120 discovered by Alfonso Archi.

References

Citations

1. ^ Bryce 2014, p. 16.
2. ^ a b Stieglitz 2002, p. 218.
3. ^ a b c d Stieglitz 2002, p. 219.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Hamblin 2006, p. 241.
5. ^ Frayne 2008, p. 44.
6. ^ a b Stieglitz 2002, p. 222.
7. ^ Stieglitz 2002, p. 221.
8. ^ Archi 2002, p. 25.
9. ^ Dolce 2008, p. 68.
10. ^ Frayne 2008, p. 3-16.
11. ^ a b Archi 2011, p. 5.
12. ^ Archi, Alfonso., "The Wars of Ebla at the Time of Minister Ibrium" Altorientalische Forschungen, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 189-220, 2021
13. ^ Biga, Maria Giovanna., "The Reconstruction of a Relative Chronology for the Ebla Texts.", Orientalia, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 345–67, 2003
14. ^ a b c Archi 2015, p. 24.
15. ^ Pettinato 1981, p. 27.
16. ^ Aruz, Graff & Rakic 2013, p. 10.
17. ^ Matthiae 2008, p. 35.
18. ^ Matthiae 2010, p. 218.
19. ^ Archi 2015, p. 20.
20. ^ Matthiae 2006, p. 86.

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