Iddin-Sin

Iddi[n]-Sin (: Iddî-Sîn; ) was a King (𒈗 Šàr, pronounced Shar) of the Kingdom of Simurrum. Simurrum was an important city state of the Mesopotamian area, during the period of Akkad down to Ur III. Simurrum disappears from records after the Old Babylonian period. According to an inscription (the stela from Qarachatan Village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, now located in the Sulaymaniyah Museum), Iddi[n]-Sin seems to have been contemporary with the Lullubi king Annubanini.

Several rulers of the Simurrum Kingdom are known, such as Iddi(n)-Sin and his son Zabazuna. Various inscriptions suggest that they were contemporary with king Ishbi-Erra. In inscriptions, the name of Iddi[n]-Sin is written 𒀭𒄿𒋾𒀭𒂗𒍪, with one silent determinative (𒀭, DINGIR) before the remaining part of the name, 𒄿𒋾𒀭𒂗𒍪. 𒄿𒋾 can be read as i-ti with the geminated 't' being implied, and then in English the double 't' sound is taken more as a double 'd'. The 'n' is then added in English though not explicitly written in the Akkadian cuneiform. The second 𒀭 (DINGIR) acts as a determinative for the last part 𒂗𒍪 are the signs EN.ZU. Thus all three together form the logogram DEN.ZU, which is read as Sîn, name of the Moon God.