Ammī-ditāna[1] was a king ofBabylon who reigned 1683–1647 BC (according to theMiddle Chronology;[2] or 1675–1639 BC according to the Lower Middle Chronology[3]). He was the son and successor ofAbī-ešuḫ.[4]
Year-names survive for the first 37 years of his reign, plus fragments for a few possible additional years. His reign was a largely peaceful one; he was primarily engaged in enriching and enlarging the temples, and a few other building projects, although in his 37th regnal year he recorded having destroyed the city wall ofDer, built earlier by King Dāmiq-ilišu ofIsin.[5]
Ammī-ditāna was succeeded by his eldest sonAmmī-ṣaduqa.[6]
Tablet related to the king Ammi Ditana in theHecht Museum.
Ammī-ditāna is known for his association with literary works. One work is calledAmmī-ditāna's hymn to Ištar.[14][15] Another work is Di 1353, a letter to chief lamentation priest of Annunītum on the provision of fodder barley for livestock in Nakkamtum.[16]
^Douglas Frayne,The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4:Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 425; Lukáš Pecha,The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 227.
^Lukáš Pecha,The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219; but as noted by Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon,"Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 33, the king's mother Šamuḫtum is not explicitly associated with any named king.
^Douglas Frayne,The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 4:Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC) Toronto, 1990: 426; Lukáš Pecha,The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
^Lukáš Pecha,The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
^Lukáš Pecha,The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State, Lanham, MD, 2018: 218–219.
^Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon,"Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 30, 31, 35, 37.
^Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon,"Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
^Rients de Boer, "The Members of the Royal House of Old Babylonian Babylon,"Isin (2021/2) 27–43: 31, 37.
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