{{Infobox royalty | name = Ishtup-Ishar<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒅖𒁾𒄿𒊬}}}} | succession = [[List of kings of Mari|King of Mari]] | reign = c. 2400 BC | predecessor = Possibly [[Saʿumu]] | successor = Possibly [[Iblul-Il]] }}
'''Ishtup-Ishar''' ('''Ištup-Išar''') ({{fl.|{{circa}} 2400 BC}})<ref name="Hamblin">{{cite book |author=William J. Hamblin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biyDDd0uKGMC&pg=PT242 |title=Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC |year=2006 |isbn=9781134520626 |page=242}}</ref> was a king ([[Lugal]]) of the second [[Mari, Syria#The second kingdom|Mariote]] kingdom. The king's name was traditionally read as Išhtup-šar, with šar being a common divine element in personal names attested in the region.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PNAnIome3AC&pg=PT769|title= Pre-Sargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC)|author= Douglas Frayne|page= 769|year=2008|isbn= 9781442690479}}</ref> However, the king's name is read as Ishtup-Ishar by [[Alfonso Archi]], [[Išḫara|Ishar]] being an important justice deity worshiped in Mari and [[Ebla]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PNAnIome3AC&pg=PT770|title= Pre-Sargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC)|author= Douglas Frayne|page= 770|year=2008|isbn= 9781442690479}}</ref>
In a letter written by the later Mariote king [[Enna-Dagan]], Ishar is attested conquering and destroying the Eblaite cities of [[Lalanium]] and [[Emar]].<ref name="liv">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d1JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA119|title= The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy|author= Mario Liverani|page= 119|year=2013|isbn= 9781134750849}}</ref>
{{s-start}} {{s-hou||||2008 BC||name=King Ishtup-Ishar of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]}} {{S-reg}} {{s-bef | before = Possibly [[Saʿumu]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[Mari, Syria#Kings of Mari|King of Mari]] | years = c. 2400 BC }} {{s-aft | after = Possibly [[Iblul-Il]] }} {{s-end}}
==See also== *[[Mari, Syria#Mari–Ebla war|Eblaite-Mariote war]]
==Citations== {{reflist|2}} [[Category:25th-century BC monarchs]] [[Category:24th-century BC monarchs]] [[Category:Kings of Mari]]
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