Nûr-Mêr

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Nûr-Mêr
𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕
Military governor of Mari
Reignc.2200 BCE
PredecessorIshma-Dagan
SuccessorIshtup-Ilum
DynastyShakkanakku dynasty

Nûr-Mêr, also Niwâr-Mêr (𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕 ni-wa-ar-me-er, c. 2153-2148 BCE) was a ruler of the city of Mari, one of the military governors known as Shakkanakku in northern Mesopotamia, in the later period of the Akkadian Empire. According to the dynastic lists, he ruled for 5 years, after his father Ishma-Dagan, and was the fourth Shakkanakku ruler. Nûr-Mêr was probably contemporary with the Akkadian Empire rulers Naram-Sin or Shar-Kali-Sharri. He was succeeded by his brother Ishtup-Ilum as Shakkanakku of Mari.

He is also known from four identical inscriptions on bronze votive tablets:

Nur-Mer bronze votive plate inscription (reconstitution with standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform).

𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕 𒄊𒀴 𒈠𒌷𒆠 𒂍 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒉺𒂅 𒅁𒉌

ni-wa-ar-me-er shagina mari-ki e ninhursag ib-ni

"Niwâr-Mêr, Shakkanakku of Mari, built the temple of the goddess Ninhursag"

— Votive tablet of Niwâr-Mêr.

The goddess mentioned might have been the Syrian Shalash, the wife of Dagan, rather than Mesopotamian Ninhursag, as her name was commonly written logographically as dNIN.HUR.SAG.GA in Mari in the Old Babylonian period.


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