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Ishme-Dagan I (Akkadian: Išme-Dagān) was a monarch of Ekallatum and Assur during the Old Assyrian period. The much later Assyrian King List (AKL) credits Ishme-Dagan I with a reign of forty years; however, it is now known from a limmu-list of eponyms unearthed at Kanesh in 2003 that his reign in Assur lasted eleven years.
Ishme-Dagan (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅖𒈨𒀭𒁕𒃶, D iš-me-D da-gan, Išme-Dagān; fl. c. 1889 BC — c. 1871 BC by the short chronology of the ancient near east) was the 4th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the "Sumerian King List" (SKL).
Ishme-Dagan I was a monarch of Ekallatum and Assur during the Old Assyrian period. The much later Assyrian King List credits Ishme-Dagan I with a reign of forty years; however, it is now known from a limmu-list of eponyms unearthed at Kanesh in 2003 that his reign in Assur lasted eleven years.
Ishme-Dagan and Enlil's chariot (Ishme-Dagan I): translation. 1-8 August chariot! Enlil, the lord of wisdom, the father of the gods, ordered your construction in the E-kur, his exalted shrine.
Jul 20, 2014 · Enlil stepped onto the chariot and embraced mother Ninlil, his spouse. He was followed by Ninurta ( Enlil ‘s son & heir), his mighty hero, and by the Anuna (Anunnaki gods) who are with Enlil. The chariot shimmers like lightening, its rumbling noise is sweet. His donkeys are harnessed to the yoke.
Shamshi-Adad I's son and successor Ishme-Dagan I (1775–1764 BC) gradually lost territory in southern Mesopotamia and the Levant to the state of Mari and Eshnunna respectively and had mixed relations with Hammurabi, the king who had turned the hitherto young and insignificant city-state of Babylon into a major power and empire.
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Shamshi-Adad I seized the opportunity and occupied Mari c. 1796 BC. He placed his sons ( Ishme-Dagan I and Yasmah-Adad ) in key geographical locations and gave them responsibility to look over those areas.
