{{Infobox royalty | name = Iddi-ilum<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒄿𒋾𒀭}}}} | image = Idi-ilum Louvre AO 19486 n01.jpg | caption = Statue of Iddi-Ilum | death_date = c. 2085 BC | spouse = | reign = c. 2091 - c. 2085 BC | predecessor = [[Apil-kin]] | successor = [[Ili-Ishar]] | dynasty = [[Shakkanakku]] dynasty | succession = [[List of kings of Mari|King of Mari]] }} {{Location map | Near East | width = 260px | float = right | border = | caption = Location of Mari | alt = | relief = yes | AlternativeMap = | overlay_image = | label = Mari | label_size = | position = | background = | mark = | marksize = | link = | lat_deg = 34.549444 | lon_deg = 40.89 }} '''Iddi-ilum''', also '''Iddi-El''' or '''Iddin-El''' ({{cuneiform|𒄿𒋾𒀭}}, ''i-ti-ilum''; died {{Circa}} 2085 BC),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leick |first1=Gwendolyn |title=Who's Who in the Ancient Near East |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-78796-8 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAGFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 |language=en}}</ref> was a military governor, or ''[[Shakkanakku]]'', of the ancient city-state of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] in eastern [[Syria]], following the conquest, the destruction and the control of the city by [[Akkadian Empire|Akkad]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. |date=2008 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-295-4 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gr5BgOwEJicC&pg=PA30 |language=en}}</ref>
Iddi-ilum was contemporary of the [[Third Dynasty of Ur]], and probably their vassal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Unger |first1=Merrill F. |title=Israel and the Aramaeans of Damascus: A Study in Archaeological Illumination of Bible History |date=2014 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62564-606-4 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qw6vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |language=en}}</ref>
His headless statue, the ''[[Statue of Iddi-Ilum]]'' was discovered at the [[Royal Palace of Mari]] during excavations directed by [[French people|French]] archaeologist [[André Parrot]]. The statue was made of [[soapstone]] and bears an inscription identifying the figure and dedicating it to the goddess [[Ishtar]] or [[Inanna]]. The statue is now displayed at the [[Musée du Louvre]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="louvre">{{cite web|url=http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/statuette-iddi-ilum|title=The Statuette of Iddi-Ilum|last1=Claire|first1=Iselin|publisher=[[Musée du Louvre]]|access-date=22 November 2012|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216193353/http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/statuette-iddi-ilum|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The inscription on the statue reads:
{{Blockquote|"Iddi-ilum, Shakkanakku of Mari, for the goddess [[Ishtar]] dedicated a statue of himself. As for the one who removes this inscription, may the goddess Ishtar destroy his progeny"|Inscription on the statue of Iddi-ilum.<ref>{{cite book |title=Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. |date=2008 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-295-4 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gr5BgOwEJicC&pg=PA30 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=THUREAU-DANGIN |first1=F. |title=Inscriptions Votives de Mari |journal=Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale |date=1937 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=172–176 |jstor=23284118 |issn=0373-6032}}</ref>}}
==Statue of Iddi-ilum== {{main|Statue of Iddi-Ilum}} <gallery class="center"> File:Idi-ilum Louvre AO 19486 n02.jpg|The inscription on the bottom of the statue (front) File:Idi-ilum Louvre AO 19486 n03.jpg|The inscription on the bottom of the statue (back) File:Mari-ki in cuneiform on the statue of Iddi-Ilum.jpg|"Country of Mari" ([[Cuneiform]]: <small>{{cuneiform|𒈠𒌷𒆠}}</small>, ''Mari-ki''), on the statue of Iddi-Ilum </gallery>
{{s-start}} {{s-hou||||2100 BCE||name=Apil-kin of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]}} {{S-reg}} {{s-bef | before = [[Apil-kin]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[List of kings of Mari|King of Mari]] | years = c. 2091 - c. 2085 BC }} {{s-aft | after = [[Ili-Ishar]] }} {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:21st-century BC monarchs]] [[Category:Kings of Mari]] [[Category:22nd-century BC births]] [[Category:21st-century BC deaths]]