Ishme-Dagan

Ishme-Dagan
Født	20. århundre f.Kr.
Død	1935 f.Kr.
Beskjeftigelse	Monark
Far	Iddin-Dagan
Barn	Lipit-Ishtar

Ishme-Dagan var ifølge den sumeriske kongelisten den fjerde kongen i det første dynastiet i oldtidsbyen Isin i nedre Mesopotamia.^[1]^[2] Han regjerte fra 2237 f.Kr. til 2218 f.Kr.^[3]

Han var sønn av Iddin-Dagan. Han ble etterfulgt av Lipit-Eshtar.

Ifølge inskripsjoner på en kjegle fra Ishme-Dagans regjeringstid lot han bygge en vollgrav rundt Isin og forsterket bymuren; man mener at inskripsjonen ble til etter ordre fra Ishme-Dagan selv.^[2] Det er ellers lite som er kjent fra hans regjeringstid.^[3]

I likhet med de ti andre kongene i Isins kongerekke bekjente Ishme-Dagan og hans undersåtter seg til den sumeriske tro. Følgelig ble han som konge opphøyd til guddom, og alle skriftlige kilder fra hans tid omtaler ham som «guden Ishme-Dagan».^[3]

Referanser rediger

^ «Ishme-Dagan | king of Assyria». Encyclopedia Britannica (engelsk). Besøkt 29. april 2021. «…the older of the two, Ishme-Dagan, succeeded his father on the throne.»
^ ^a ^b Christoph Bacher. «Cuneiform Foundation Cone dating to the Period of Ishme-Dagan» (engelsk). Christoph Bacher. Besøkt 29. april 2021. «Description: Foundation cone of light clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The inscription, covering around three quarters of the cone originates from Ishme-Dagan, the fourth king of I. Dynasty of Isin. He ruled over southern Mesopotamia. The foundation cone testifies that under his rule the city walls of Isin were fortified. The translation reads: "When Isme-Dagan, the strongman, the king of four regions, abolished the tribute of Nippur and freed his soldiers from service, he built the great rampart of Isin. The name of this great rampart is: "Isme-Dagan thanks to Enlil, is the arm of the great An".»
^ ^a ^b ^c Langdon, S. (2011). A Sumerian Hymn to Ishtar (Innini) and the Deified Ishme-Dagan. Cambridge University Press. «Ishme-Dagan, fourth king of the Isin dynasty, reigned twenty years (2237–18), but concerning the history of his reign little is known. He appears in all known references to him as “the god Ishme-Dagan”, in accordance with the prevalent custom of emperor-worship in the periods of the third dynasty of Ur and the succeeding dynasties of Isin and Ellasar. Although all the fifteen kings of Isin and the fourteen kings of Ellasar have Semitic names, and both dynasties are certainly Semitic, their religion was Sumerian; the deification and worship of kings are characteristic of Sumerian religion, and fundamentally opposed to Semitic religious conceptions.»

[1] «Ishme-Dagan | king of Assyria». Encyclopedia Britannica (engelsk). Besøkt 29. april 2021. «…the older of the two, Ishme-Dagan, succeeded his father on the throne.»

[:0-2] Christoph Bacher. «Cuneiform Foundation Cone dating to the Period of Ishme-Dagan» (engelsk). Christoph Bacher. Besøkt 29. april 2021. «Description: Foundation cone of light clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The inscription, covering around three quarters of the cone originates from Ishme-Dagan, the fourth king of I. Dynasty of Isin. He ruled over southern Mesopotamia. The foundation cone testifies that under his rule the city walls of Isin were fortified. The translation reads: "When Isme-Dagan, the strongman, the king of four regions, abolished the tribute of Nippur and freed his soldiers from service, he built the great rampart of Isin. The name of this great rampart is: "Isme-Dagan thanks to Enlil, is the arm of the great An".»

[:1-3] Langdon, S. (2011). A Sumerian Hymn to Ishtar (Innini) and the Deified Ishme-Dagan. Cambridge University Press. «Ishme-Dagan, fourth king of the Isin dynasty, reigned twenty years (2237–18), but concerning the history of his reign little is known. He appears in all known references to him as “the god Ishme-Dagan”, in accordance with the prevalent custom of emperor-worship in the periods of the third dynasty of Ur and the succeeding dynasties of Isin and Ellasar. Although all the fifteen kings of Isin and the fourteen kings of Ellasar have Semitic names, and both dynasties are certainly Semitic, their religion was Sumerian; the deification and worship of kings are characteristic of Sumerian religion, and fundamentally opposed to Semitic religious conceptions.»

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