Tura-Dagan
๐’Œ…๐’Š๐’€ญ๐’•๐’ƒถ
Military governor of Mari
Statue of Tura-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari. Originally from Mari (c. 2071โ€“2051 BCE).
Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.[1]
Reignc.2075โ€“2050 BCE
PredecessorIli-Ishar
SuccessorPuzur-Ishtar (son)
DynastyShakkanakku dynasty
Mari is located in Near East
Mari
Mari
Location of Mari, where Tura-Dagan ruled.

Tura-Dagan (๐’Œ…๐’Š๐’€ญ๐’•๐’ƒถ, Tu-ra-Dda-gan, c. 2075โ€“2050 BCE) was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire. He was son of Apil-Kin, and brother of Ili-Ishar.[2] He held the title of Shakkanakku (military governor), which was borne by all the princes of a dynasty who reigned at Mari in the late third millennium and early second millennium BC. These kings were the descendants of the military governors appointed by the kings of Akkad.[3] He was contemporary of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and probably their vassal.[4]

He had a son, who succeeded him, named Puzur-Ishtar.

Inscriptions

The Museum of the Ancient Orient has a statue of Tura-Dagan, but it is headless and the inscription is heavily damaged.[5] Tura-Dagan is also known from various seals and dynastic lists.[2]

A statue of Puzur-Ishtar is known from the Royal Palace of Mari, now in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul, with an inscription on the hem of the statueโ€™s skirt mentioning his father Tura-Dagan.[6][7]

The inscription on the hem of the statue reads:

"Tura-Dagan, prince of the country of Mari, Puzur-Ishtar, the prince, his son, to god [...], lord [...], god [....], for their life, (have offered this statue). For the one who deletes this dedication, may gods Ninni, Dagan and Enki, master of [...], tear down his foundation and destroy his progeny together with his territory"

โ€”โ€ŠPuzur-Ishtar inscription (hem).[8]

References

  1. โ†‘ Per Museum of the Ancient Orient item notice
  2. 1 2 Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  3. โ†‘ Louvre. "The Statuette of Iddi-Ilum," Department of Near Eastern Antiquities: Mesopotamia. Accessed December 1, 2014. http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/statuette-iddi-ilum
  4. โ†‘ Unger, Merrill F. (2014). Israel and the Aramaeans of Damascus: A Study in Archaeological Illumination of Bible History. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62564-606-4.
  5. โ†‘ Per Museum of the Ancient Orient item notice
  6. โ†‘ Gates, Henriette-Marie. "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari." The Biblical Archaeologist 47 (June.,1984): 70-87.
  7. โ†‘ Gates, "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari," 70-87.
  8. 1 2 For transcript and translation: Nassouhi, Essad (1926). "Statue d'un dieu de Mari, vers 2225 av. J.-C". Archiv fรผr Orientforschung. 3: 112โ€“113. ISSN 0066-6440. JSTOR 41662864.
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