# Ishma-Dagan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ishma-Dagan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ishma-Dagan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishma-Dagan > Source revision: 1342423077 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) King of Mari Ishma-Dagan đ’…–đ’ˆŁđ’€­đ’•đ’ƒ¶ 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.[1] King of Mari Reign c. 2200 - c. 2154 BC Predecessor Shu-Dagan Successor NĂ»r-MĂȘr Died c. 2154 BC Issue Nur-Mer Ishtup-Ilum Dynasty Shakkanakku dynasty Mari Location of Mari **Ishma-Dagan** (đ’…–đ’ˆŁđ’€­đ’•đ’ƒ¶, *Ish-ma-[D](/source/Dingir)da-gan*; died c. 2154 BC) was a ruler of the city of [Mari](/source/Mari%2C_Syria), one of the military governors known as [Shakkanakku](/source/Shakkanakku) in northern [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia), in the later period of [Akkad](/source/Akkadian_Empire).[2] According to the dynastic lists, he ruled for 45 years, after [Shu-Dagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shu-Dagan&action=edit&redlink=1), and was the third Shakkanakku ruler.[3] Ishma-Dagan was probably contemporary with the Akkadian ruler [Shar-Kali-Sharri](/source/Shar-Kali-Sharri).[4] He had two sons who succeeded him in turn as Shakkanakkus of Mari: [NĂ»r-MĂȘr](/source/N%C3%BBr-M%C3%AAr) and [Ishtup-Ilum](/source/Ishtup-Ilum).[3] He is also known from inscriptions by his son [Ishtup-Ilum](/source/Ishtup-Ilum) mentioning his father, in dedication tablets for the building of a temple:[2] "Ishtup-Ilum, Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari, built the Temple for the "King of the country" — [Dedication tablet of Ishtup-Ilum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ishtup-Ilum_Shakkanakku_of_Mari,_son_of_Ishma-Dagan,_Shakkanakku_of_Mari.jpg).[1] - "Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku" on the tablet of his son [Ishtup-Ilum](/source/Ishtup-Ilum). The character at the top right corner is 𒌉 *dumu*, "son of..." - Another tablet of [Ishtup-Ilum](/source/Ishtup-Ilum). Obverse: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari". [Louvre Museum](/source/Louvre_Museum). - Ishtup-Ilum [foundation deposit](/source/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](/source/Louvre_Museum) AO 19827[1] Ishma-Dagan Mari Regnal titles Preceded by Shu-Dagan King of Mari c. 2200 - c. 2154 BC Succeeded by NĂ»r-MĂȘr ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Site_officiel_du_musĂ©e_du_Louvre_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Site_officiel_du_musĂ©e_du_Louvre_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Site_officiel_du_musĂ©e_du_Louvre_1-2) ["Site officiel du musĂ©e du Louvre"](http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=24654). *cartelfr.louvre.fr*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GL_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GL_2-1) Leick, Gwendolyn (2002). [*Who's Who in the Ancient Near East*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nAGFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83). Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-134-78796-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-134-78796-8). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-es_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-es_3-1) Oliva, Juan (2008). [*Textos para un historia polĂ­tica de Siria-Palestina I*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MM3SJvJgGKoC&pg=PA86) (in Spanish). Ediciones AKAL. p. 86. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-460-1949-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-460-1949-7). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-MLD227_4-0)** Durand, M.L. (2008). [*SupplĂ©ment au Dictionnaire de la Bible: TELL HARIRI/MARI: TEXTES*](https://web.archive.org/web/20210414021857/http://pix.archibab.fr/4Dcgi/11710M2807.pdf) (PDF). p. 227. Archived from [the original](http://pix.archibab.fr/4Dcgi/11710M2807.pdf) (PDF) on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-10. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ishma-Dagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishma-Dagan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishma-Dagan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.