# Belassunu

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**Belassunu** (fl. c. 1780–1770 BC) was a [princess](/source/Princess) of Karana (modern day [Tell al-Rimah](/source/Tell_al-Rimah)).

## History

Belassunu was the daughter of [Samu-addu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samu-addu&action=edit&redlink=1), King of Karana, perhaps by his wife [Ama-duga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ama-duga&action=edit&redlink=1), and she was sister to Queen [Iltani](/source/Iltani), wife of the [usurper](/source/Usurper) King [Aqba-Hammu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aqba-Hammu&action=edit&redlink=1).[1] Details of Belassunu's life are known from surviving letters from the former royal [archive](/source/Archive) at [Tell-el-Rimah](/source/Tell-el-Rimah). She was the wife of [Abdu-Suri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdu-Suri&action=edit&redlink=1) to whom she bore children. This marriage appears to have been unhappy, as she was ill-treated by her husband, as recorded in letters preserved as clay tablets discovered by archaeologists amongst the [Iltani](/source/Iltani) archive.[2][3][4] This mistreatment was such that she did not wish to live with her husband, and requested to move to the court of her brother in law.[3] The assertion that Belassunu had been a secondary wife to [Zimrilim](/source/Zimrilim), king of [Mari](/source/Mari%2C_Syria) has now been proved incorrect.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

While residing in the city of Karana she was the recipient of royal rations of meat and oil, and she paid visits to the cities of Mari and [Andarig](/source/Andarig). Eventually she retired to her father's court at Karana, being escorted there under the protection of her brother-in-law Aqba-Hammu.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Eidem, Jesper (1989). ["Some Remarks on the Iltani Archive from Tell al Rimah"](https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4200296). *Iraq*. **51**: 67–78. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/4200296](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F4200296). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0021-0889](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-0889). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4200296](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4200296).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Sasson, Jack M.; Dalley, Stephanie; Walker, C. B. F.; Hawkins, J. D. (October 1980). ["The Old Babylonian Tablets from Al-Rimah"](https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/602090). *Journal of the American Oriental Society*. **100** (4): 453. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/602090](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F602090). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[1803/3618](https://hdl.handle.net/1803%2F3618). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0003-0279](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-0279). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [602090](https://www.jstor.org/stable/602090).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) Sasson, Jack M. (April 1973). ["Biographical Notices on Some Royal Ladies from Mari"](https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1359419). *Journal of Cuneiform Studies*. **25** (2): 59–78. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/1359419](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1359419). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[1803/3583](https://hdl.handle.net/1803%2F3583). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0022-0256](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-0256). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1359419](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359419).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Page, Stephanie (1968). ["The Tablets from Tell Al-Rimah 1967: A Preliminary Report"](https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4199841). *Iraq*. **30** (1): 87–97. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/4199841](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F4199841). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0021-0889](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-0889). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4199841](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4199841).

- B.F. Batto, *Women at Mari* (1974)

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