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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
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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[edit]

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€” Puzur-Ishtar inscription (hem).[8]
  • Puzur-Ishtar statue inscription (hem).[8]
    Puzur-Ishtar statue inscription (hem).[8]
  • "Tura-Dagan Governor of Mari" ๐’Œ…๐’Š๐’€ญ๐’•๐’ƒถ ๐’„Š๐’€ด ๐’ˆ ๐’Œท๐’†  Tura-Dagan Shakkanakku Mari-ki on the Statue of Puzur-Ishtar, his son and successor. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.
    "Tura-Dagan Governor of Mari"
    ๐’Œ…๐’Š๐’€ญ๐’•๐’ƒถ ๐’„Š๐’€ด ๐’ˆ ๐’Œท๐’† 
    Tura-Dagan Shakkanakku Mari-ki
    on the Statue of Puzur-Ishtar, his son and successor.
    Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.
Tura-Dagan of Mari
Regnal titles
Preceded by Shakkanakku of Mari
c.2075โ€“2050 BCE 		Succeeded by

References[edit]

  1. ^ Per Museum of the Ancient Orient item notice
  2. ^ a b Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  3. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Per Museum of the Ancient Orient item notice
  6. ^ Gates, Henriette-Marie. "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari." The Biblical Archaeologist 47 (June.,1984): 70-87.
  7. ^ Gates, "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari," 70-87.
  8. ^ a b 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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tura-Dagan

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