Iddin-Dagan

Iddin-Dagan
King of Isin
Reign	fl. c. 1910 BC — c. 1890 BC
Predecessor	Šu-ilišu
Successor	Išme-Dagān
Akkadian	Iddin-Dagān
House	First Dynasty of Isin
Father	Šu-ilišu

Iddin-Dagan (Akkadian: Iddin-Dagān, inscribed ^di-din ^dda-gan; fl. c. 1910 BC — c. 1890 BC by the short chronology of the ancient near east or c. 1975 BC — c. 1954 BC by the middle chronology) was the 3rd king of the First Dynasty of Isin. Iddin-Dagān was preceded by his father Šu-ilišu. Išme-Dagān (to be confused with neither Išme-Dagān I nor Išme-Dagān II of the Old Assyrian Empire) then succeeded Iddin-Dagān. Iddin-Dagān reigned for 21 years (according to the Sumerian King List.) He is best known for his participation in the sacred marriage rite and the risqué hymn that described it.

His titles included: “Mighty King” — “King of Isin” — “King of Ur” — “King of the Land of Sumer and Akkad.” The 1st year name recorded on a receipt for flour and dates reads: “Year Iddin-Dagān (was) king and (his) daughter Matum-Niatum (“the land which belongs to us”) was taken in marriage by the king of Anshan.” Vallat suggests it was to Imazu (son of Kindattu, who was the groom and possibly the king of the region of Shimashki) as he was described as the King of Anshan in a seal inscription, although elsewhere unattested. Kindattu had been driven away from the city-state of Ur by Išbi-Erra (the founder of the First Dynasty of Isin), however; relations had apparently thawed sufficiently for Tan-Ruhurarter (the 8th king to wed the daughter of Bilalama, the énsí of Eshnunna.)

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