Nûr-Mêr

Nûr-Mêr
𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕
Military governor of Mari
Reignc.2200 BCE
PredecessorIshma-Dagan
SuccessorIshtup-Ilum
DynastyShakkanakku dynasty
Mari is located in Near East
Mari
Mari
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Location of Mari, where Nûr-Mêr ruled.

Nûr-Mêr, also Niwâr-Mêr (𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕 ni-wa-ar-me-er, c. 2153-2148 BCE)[1] was a ruler of the city of Mari, one of the military governors known as Shakkanakku in northern Mesopotamia, in the later period of the Akkadian Empire.[2] According to the dynastic lists, he ruled for 5 years, after his father Ishma-Dagan, and was the fourth Shakkanakku ruler.[3] Nûr-Mêr was probably contemporary with the Akkadian Empire rulers Naram-Sin or Shar-Kali-Sharri.[4] He was succeeded by his brother Ishtup-Ilum as Shakkanakku of Mari.[3]

He is also known from four identical inscriptions on bronze votive tablets:[5]

Nur-Mer bronze votive plate inscription (reconstitution with standard Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform).[5][6]

𒉌𒉿𒅈𒈨𒅕 𒄊𒀴 𒈠𒌷𒆠 𒂍 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒉺𒂅 𒅁𒉌

ni-wa-ar-me-er shagina mari-ki e ninhursag ib-ni

"Niwâr-Mêr, Shakkanakku of Mari, built the temple of the goddess Ninhursag"

— Votive tablet of Niwâr-Mêr.[5][7]

The goddess mentioned might have been the Syrian Shalash, the wife of Dagan, rather than Mesopotamian Ninhursag,[8] as her name was commonly written logographically as dNIN.HUR.SAG.GA in Mari in the Old Babylonian period.[9]


Nûr-Mêr Mari
Regnal titles
Preceded by Shakkanakku of Mari
c.2200 BCE 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  2. ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  3. ^ a b Oliva, Juan (2008). Textos para un historia política de Siria-Palestina I (in Spanish). Ediciones AKAL. p. 86. ISBN 978-84-460-1949-7.
  4. ^ Durand, M.L. (2008). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible: TELL HARIRI/MARI: TEXTES (PDF). p. 227.
  5. ^ a b c Frayne, Douglas (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods. University of Toronto Press. pp. 233–234.
  6. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  7. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  8. ^ Archi, Alfonso (2015). Ebla and Its Archives. De Gruyter. p. 630. doi:10.1515/9781614517887. ISBN 978-1-61451-716-0.
  9. ^ Schwemer, Daniel (2001). Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen: Materialien und Studien nach den schriftlichen Quellen (in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 404–405. ISBN 978-3-447-04456-1. OCLC 48145544.