{{Infobox royalty | name = Ishma-Dagan<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒅖𒈣𒀭𒁕𒃶}}}} | image = Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari.jpg | caption = Tablet of [[Ishtup-Ilum]] mentioning his father Ishma-Dagan. Obverse: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku". Reverse (hidden from view): "of Mari, the Temple of the King of the Country has built". [[Louvre Museum]].<ref name="Site officiel du musée du Louvre">{{cite web |title=Site officiel du musée du Louvre |url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=24654 |website=cartelfr.louvre.fr}}</ref> | death_date = c. 2154 BC | spouse = | issue = [[Nur-Mer]]<br> [[Ishtup-Ilum]] | reign = c. 2200 - c. 2154 BC | predecessor = [[Shu-Dagan]] | successor = [[Nûr-Mêr]] | 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 }} '''Ishma-Dagan''' ({{cuneiform|𒅖𒈣𒀭𒁕𒃶}}, ''Ish-ma-<sup>[[Dingir|D]]</sup>da-gan''; died {{Circa}} 2154 BC) was a ruler of the city of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], one of the military governors known as [[Shakkanakku]] in northern [[Mesopotamia]], in the later period of [[Akkadian Empire|Akkad]].<ref name="GL">{{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 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAGFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |language=en}}</ref> According to the dynastic lists, he ruled for 45 years, after [[Shu-Dagan]], and was the third Shakkanakku ruler.<ref name="es">{{cite book |last1=Oliva |first1=Juan |title=Textos para un historia política de Siria-Palestina I |date=2008 |publisher=Ediciones AKAL |isbn=978-84-460-1949-7 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM3SJvJgGKoC&pg=PA86 |language=es}}</ref> Ishma-Dagan was probably contemporary with the Akkadian ruler [[Shar-Kali-Sharri]].<ref name="MLD227">{{cite book |last1=Durand |first1=M.L. |title=Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible: TELL HARIRI/MARI: TEXTES |page=227 |date=2008 |url=http://pix.archibab.fr/4Dcgi/11710M2807.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-14 |access-date=2020-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414021857/http://pix.archibab.fr/4Dcgi/11710M2807.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had two sons who succeeded him in turn as Shakkanakkus of Mari: [[Nûr-Mêr]] and [[Ishtup-Ilum]].<ref name="es"/>
He is also known from inscriptions by his son [[Ishtup-Ilum]] mentioning his father, in dedication tablets for the building of a temple:<ref name="GL"/>
{{blockquote|"Ishtup-Ilum, Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari, built the Temple for the "King of the country"|[[:File:Ishtup-Ilum_Shakkanakku_of_Mari,_son_of_Ishma-Dagan,_Shakkanakku_of_Mari.jpg|Dedication tablet of Ishtup-Ilum]].<ref name="Site officiel du musée du Louvre">{{cite web |title=Site officiel du musée du Louvre |url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=24654 |website=cartelfr.louvre.fr}}</ref>}}
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> File:Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku.jpg|"Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku" on the tablet of his son [[Ishtup-Ilum]]. The character at the top right corner is <small>{{cuneiform|𒌉}}</small> ''dumu'', "son of..." File:Tablet of Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari.jpg|Another tablet of [[Ishtup-Ilum]]. Obverse: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari". [[Louvre Museum]]. File:Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the Temple of Lions, Mari (plate detail).jpg|Ishtup-Ilum [[foundation deposit]] for the Temple of Lions, Mari. Tablet inscription: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari, the Temple of the King of the Country he has built". [[Louvre Museum]] AO 19827<ref name="Site officiel du musée du Louvre">{{cite web |title=Site officiel du musée du Louvre |url=http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=24654 |website=cartelfr.louvre.fr}}</ref> </gallery>
{{s-start}} {{s-hou||||c.2200 BCE||name=Ishma-Dagan [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]}} {{S-reg}} {{s-bef | before = [[Shu-Dagan]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[List of kings of Mari|King of Mari]] | years = c. 2200 - c. 2154 BC }} {{s-aft | after = [[Nûr-Mêr]] }} {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:22nd-century BC monarchs]] [[Category:Kings of Mari]] [[Category:3rd-millennium BC births]] [[Category:22nd-century BC deaths]]