Amorite kings

Hammurabi (; ; Akkadian: ; ), also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari. He ousted Ishme-Dagan I, the king of Assyria, and forced his son Mut-Ashkur to pay tribute, bringing almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule.

king of Mari (ca. 1808–1776 BCE)

Seuserenre Khyan was a Hyksos king of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling over Lower Egypt in the second half of the 17th century BC.

King of Larsa

King of Assiria

thumb|Og is depicted towering over groups of people in the manuscript painting ''Musa va 'Uj'', Og ( ; ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, an Amorite king of Bashan who was slain along with his army by Moses and his men at the battle of Edrei. In Arabic literature he is referred to as ʿŪj ibn ʿAnāq (, "Og son of Anaq"), Anaq being a daughter of Adam in Islamic tradition.

Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: 𒇷𒁉𒀉𒁹𒁯, Lipit-Ištar; died 1924 BC) was the 5th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the Sumerian King List (SKL). Also according to the SKL: he was the successor of Ishme-Dagan. Ur-Ninurta then succeeded Lipit-Ištar. Some documents and royal inscriptions from his time have survived, however, Lipit-Ishtar is mostly known due to the Sumerian hymns that were written in his honor, as well as a legal code written in his name (preceding the famed Code of Hammurabi by about 100 years)—which were used for school instruction for hundreds of years after Lipit-Ishta

Warad-Sin (, ARAD-Dsuen; died 1823 BC) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa. His father Kudur-Mabuk powerful figure in Larsa. His sister En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god in Ur.

thumb|Yahdun-Lim's inscription on a disk Yahdun-Lim (or Yakhdunlim, Yahdunlim; from Akkadian ia-aḫ-du-un-li-im, in Amorite Yaʿdun-lîm; died 1797 BC) was a king of Mari. He was of Amorite origin, and became king after the death of his father Yaggid-Lim. Yahdun-Lim built Mari up to become one of the major powers of the region. He led a successful campaign to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

thumb|Gungunum appears in the 5th position in the list of the kings of Larsa, Louvre Museum Gungunum (, Dgu-un-gu-nu-um; (died 1906 BC) was a king of the city state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, ruling from c. 1932 to c. 1906 BC. According to the traditional king list for Larsa, he was the fifth to rule the city, and in his own inscriptions he identifies himself as a son of Samium and brother to his immediate predecessor Zabaya. His name is Amorite, and originates in the word gungun, meaning "protection", "defence" or "shelter".

thumb|Left: Cuneiform clay tablet. Old Babylonian, 1900-1700 BC.Right: Sumerian cuneiform "foundation stone". This clay cone was embedded in a wall, and contains the deed of foundation of the city walls of Isin (Tell Bahriyat) by king Ishme-Dagan of Isin (1953-1935 BC). Ishme-Dagan (, Diš-me-Dda-gan, Išme-Dagān; died 1935 BC) was the 4th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the "Sumerian King List" (SKL). Also according to the SKL: he was both the son and successor of Iddin-Dagan. Lipit-Ishtar then succeeded Ishme-Dagan. Ishme-Dagan was one of the kings to restore the Ekur.

thumb|Clay cone of Nur-Adad, king of Larsa. 19th century BC. From Sulaymaniyah Museum, [[Iraq.]]

Sin-Iddinam (, dsuen-i-din-nam; died 1843 BC) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from c. 1849-1843 BC (MC). He was the son of Nur-Adad, with whom there may have been a short co-regency overlap.

Babylonian king

thumb|Foundation Cone of Enlil-Bani Enlil-bani (; died 1836 BC) was the 10th king of the 1st Dynasty of Isin and reigned 24 years according to the Ur-Isin kinglist. He is best known for the legendary and perhaps apocryphal manner of his ascendancy.

thumb|Votive statuette of a dog, dedicated by a doctor from Lagash to the goddess [[Ninisina, for the life of "Sûmû-El, king of Ur". Musée du Louvre.]] thumb|The dog of Sumuel, at time of discovery Sumuel or Sumu-El (, su-mu-el3; died 1866 BC) was the Amorite King of Larsa, a city-state in Sumer, in southern Mesopotamia, from c. 1895-1866 BC (MC).

thumb|Statue of Idrimi in the British Museum. Idrimi (meaning "It is my help") was the king of Alalakh 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known mainly from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939. According to that inscription, he was a son of Ilim-Ilimma I, King of Halab (now Aleppo), who would have been deposed by the new regional master Barattarna, King of Mitanni. Idrimi probably succeeded in gaining the throne of Alalakh with the assistance of a group known as the Habiru, founding the Kingdom of Mukish as a vassal state to the Kingdom of Mitanni. He al

Shu-Ilishu (Akkadian: Šu-ilišu; died 1975 BC) was the 2nd ruler of the dynasty of Isin. Beginning on his ascension his name was written dŠu-i-li-šu with the dingir indicating that he was deified. He reigned for 10 years (according to his extant year-names and a single copy of the Sumerian King List, which differs from the 20 years recorded by others.) Shu-Ilishu was preceded by Išbi-erra. Iddin-Dagān then succeeded Shu-Ilishu. Shu-Ilishu is best known for his retrieval of the cultic idol of Nanna from the Elamites and its return to Ur.

thumb|Naplanum appears in the 1st position in the list of the kings of Larsa, Louvre Museum Naplanum (died 2004 BC) was the first ruler of the ancient Near Eastern city-state of Larsa c. 2025 BC – 2004 BC (MC) — roughly during the reign of Ibbi-Sin of the Third dynasty of Ur and the great famine — according to the later Larsa King List. No contemporary year names or inscriptions have been found verifying that Naplanum was a king of Larsa, which seems to have remained part of Ibbi-Sin's kingdom. However a prominent and wealthy Amorite merchant named Naplanum does appear in many sale

Silli-Adad (died 1834 BC) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from c. 1835 BC to c. 1834 BC (MC). His reign was less than a full year. the annals state that he was "removed from kingship" and "was no longer king". His successor was Warad-Sin.

Sin-Eribam (; died 1841 BC) ruled the ancient Near East Amorite city-state of Larsa for only 2 years, from c. 1843 BC to c. 1841 BC (MC). He followed Sin-Iddinam as king. He was the son of the son of Ga’eš-rabi.

Sumu-Epuh (died 1780 BC) is the first attested king of Yamhad (Halab). He founded the Yamhad dynasty which controlled northern Syria throughout the 18th and 17th centuries BC.

The Amorite name Ila-kabkabu appears twice in the Assyrian King List:

Sin-Iqisham (; died 1835 BC) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from c. 1841 BC to c. 1835 BC (MC). He was the son of Sin-Eribam and a contemporary of Zambiya of Isin.

thumb|Inscribed Cone of King Zambiya of Isin, Isin-Larsa period, reign of Zambiya, c. 1835 BC, baked clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago Zambiya, dza-am-bi-ia, (died 1833 BC), was the 11th king of the 1st Dynasty of Isin. He is best known for his defeat at the hands of Sin-Iqisham, king of Larsa.

politician

politician

thumb Ur-du-kuga, written dur-du6-kù-ga (died 1825 BC) was the 13th king of the Dynasty of Isin and reigned for 4 years according to the Sumerian King List, or 3 years according to the Ur-Isin kinglist. He was the third in a sequence of short reigning monarchs whose filiation was unknown and whose power extended over a small region encompassing little more than the city of Isin and its neighbor Nippur. He was probably a contemporary of Warad-Sin of Larsa and Apil-Sin of Babylon.

politician

Yaggid-lim (Iagitlim; died 1820 BC) was king of Mari during the 19th century BC. He was probably of Amorite origin. Little is known about his reign except that he came into conflict with his neighbour Ila-kabkabu of Terqa after the two had first been allies. Iagitlim was succeeded by his son Yahdun-Lim.

Irkabtum (reigned c. Middle 17th century BC - Middle chronology) was the king of Yamhad (Halab), succeeding his father Niqmi-Epuh.

Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, king of Ashtaroth, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Chronicled in Numbers, he was defeated by Moses and the Israelites at the battle of Jahaz. He and Og were said to be the two kings Moses defeated on the east side of the Jordan river.

Niqmi-Epuḫ, also given as Niqmepa (reigned - Middle chronology) was the king of Yamḫad (Halab) succeeding his father Yarim-Lim II.

Asinum was possibly a king of Assyria during the 18th century BC, and a grandson of Shamshi-Adad I. He was overthrown by Puzur-Sin because he was of Amorite extraction; not included in the standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Sin's inscription.

great King of Yamhad

king of Yamhad

Amorite great King of Yamhad

king of Halab (Yamhad)

king of Alalakh

Sarra-El also written Šarran (reigned Early 16th century BC - Middle chronology) was a prince of Yamhad who might have regained the throne after the assassination of the Hittite king Mursili I.

Yanassi (also Yanassy and Yansas-aden, possibly reflecting the West Semitic *Jinaśśi’-Ad) was a Hyksos prince, and possibly king, of the Fifteenth Dynasty. He was the eldest son of the pharaoh Khyan, and possibly the crown prince, designated to be Khyan's successor. He may have succeeded his father, thereby giving rise to the mention of a king "Iannas" in Manetho's Aegyptiaca, who, improbably, was said to have ruled after the pharaoh Apophis.

great King of Yamhad

king of Halab (Yamhad)

Išḫi-Addu or Ishi-Addu was king of Qatna in the first half of the 18th century BC.

king of Qatna