Sin-Muballit
TitleKing of Babylon
Termc. 1813-1792 BC (middle chronology) or c. 1748–1729 BC (short chronology)
ChildrenHammurabi
ParentApil-Sin
Clay tablet and its sealed clay envelope. Legal document, listing of land and their distribution to several sons. From Sippar, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period. Reign of Sin-Muballit, 1812-1793 BCE (middle chronology). Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Sin-Muballit was the father of Hammurabi and the fifth Amorite king of the first dynasty (the Amorite Dynasty) of Babylonia, reigning c. 1813-1792 or 1748-1729 BC (see Chronology of the Ancient Near East). He ruled over a relatively new and minor kingdom; however, he was the first ruler of Babylon to actually declare himself king of the city, and the first to expand the territory ruled by the city, and his son greatly expanded the Babylonian kingdom into the short lived Babylonian Empire.[1]

Reign

Sin-Muballit succeeded his father Apil-Sin. No inscriptions for either king are known.[2]

In Sin-Muballlit's 13th year, he repelled the army of Larsa, which was frequently in conflict with Babylon.[3] In the 17th year of his reign, Sin-Muballit took possession of the city of Isin and his power grew steadily over time as evidenced by his building and fortifying a number of towns. He abdicated due to failing health.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ A history of Babylonia and Assyria, Volume 1, Robert William Rogers, Eaton & Mains, 1900. pp. 387-388.
  2. ^ Old Babylonian period (1894-1595 BC), Douglas Frayne, University of Toronto Press, 1990. p. 330-331.
  3. ^ 'Sin-Muballit Year Names' https://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/yearnames/HTML/T12K5.htm
  4. ^ Babylonian legal and business documents: from the time of the first dynasty of Babylon, chiefly from Nippur, Arno Poebel, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1909. p. 113.
Preceded byApil-Sin Kings of Babylon c. 1748–1729 BC(short chronology) Succeeded byHammurabi
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