# Hanun-Dagan

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King of Mari

Hanun-Dagan King of Mari Reign c. 2017 – c. 2008 BC Predecessor Hitlal-Erra Died c. 2008 BC Father Puzur-Ishtar

**Hanun-Dagan** (meaning "[Dagan](/source/Dagon) is merciful"; died c. 2008 BC),[1] was the [Shakkanakku](/source/Shakkanakku) and king ([Lugal](/source/Lugal)) of [Mari](/source/Mari%2C_Syria), reigning c. 2016-2008 BC.[2] He was the brother of his predecessor [Hitlal-Erra](/source/Hitlal-Erra),[3] and is recorded as the son of Shakkanakku [Puzur-Ishtar](/source/Puzur-Ishtar) on a seal discovered in the city.[4] Although the title of Shakkanakku designated a military governor,[5] the title holders in Mari were independent monarchs,[6] and nominally under the vassalage of the [Ur III](/source/Ur_III) dynasty.[7] Some Shakkanakkus used the royal title [Lugal](/source/Lugal) in their votive inscriptions, while using the title of Shakkanakku in their correspondence with the Ur's court,[8] and it is certain that Hanun-Dagan used the royal title.[9]

Hanun-Dagan was a contemporary of [Ibbi-Sin](/source/Ibbi-Sin) of [Ur](/source/Third_Dynasty_of_Ur),[10] and is credited with renovating the [Royal Palace of Mari](/source/Royal_Palace_of_Mari).[11] Unlike most of their predecessors who bore [Akkadian](/source/Akkadian_language) names, both Hanun-Dagan and his brother Hitlal-Erra bore [Amorite](/source/Amorite_language) names,[12] and seals in Mari records Hitlal-Erra as a military official under Puzur-Ishtar, leading [Piotr Michalowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piotr_Michalowski_(scholar)&action=edit&redlink=1) to suspect a coup that deposed the family of Puzur-Ishtar and replaced it with Hanun-Dagan's family.[13] The succession of Shakkanakkus following Hanun-Dagan's reign is difficult to determine as the lists are full of gaps.[10]

Shakkanakku Hanun-Dagan of Mari Regnal titles Preceded by Hitlal-Erra King of Mari c. 2017 – c. 2008 BC Succeeded by

## Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lluís Feliu (2003). [*The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IN9_IRYKKUMC&pg=PA60). p. 60. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9004131582](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9004131582).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Georges Roux (1992). [*Ancient Iraq*](https://books.google.com/books?id=klZX8B_RzzYC&pg=PT690). p. 690. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780141938257](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780141938257).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gwendolyn Leick (2002). [*Who's Who in the Ancient Near East*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nAGFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86). p. 86. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781134787968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781134787968).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gwendolyn Leick (2002). [*Who's Who in the Ancient Near East*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nAGFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67). p. 67. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781134787968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781134787968).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-eblai5_5-0)** Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). [*Eblaitica vol.4*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rwals-oh6kC&pg=PA64). p. 64. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781575060606](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781575060606).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-toro_6-0)** Trevor Bryce (2009). [*The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=E1aF0hq1GR8C&pg=PA451). p. 451. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781134159086](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781134159086).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Trevor Bryce (2014). [*Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=q8Z7AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18). p. 18. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780191002922](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780191002922).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). [*Eblaitica vol.4*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rwals-oh6kC&pg=PA132). p. 132. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781575060606](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781575060606).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Juan Oliva (2008). [*Textos para un historia política de Siria-Palestina I*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MM3SJvJgGKoC&pg=PA91) (in Spanish). p. 91. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788446019497](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788446019497).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lugal_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lugal_10-1) Douglas Frayne (1990). [*Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=u2nUT_RtyQ8C&pg=PA593). p. 593. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780802058737](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780802058737).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Harriet Crawford](/source/Harriet_Crawford) (2013). [*The Sumerian World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4SKYAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT987). p. 987. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781136219115](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136219115).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Wolfgang Heimpel (2003). [*Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation, with Historical Introduction, Notes, and Commentary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tiHwDe7JmCEC&pg=PA22). p. 22. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781575060804](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781575060804).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Piotr Michalowski (2004). [*2000 v. Chr. Politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Entwicklung im Zeichen einer Jahrtausendwende: 3. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 4.-7. April 2004 in Frankfurt/Main und Marburg/Lahn - The Ideological Foundations of the Ur III State*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SvE2nQEACAAJ). p. 233. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9783930843855](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783930843855).

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