Ammi-Saduqa (or Ammisaduqa, Ammizaduga) was a king of the
First Dynasty of Babylon, dating to around c. 1646–1626 BC (
Middle Chronology
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) or c. 1638–1618 BC (Low Middle Chronology).
Reign
Some twenty-one year-names survive for his reign, including the first seventeen. The names indicate that these years were fairly peaceful ones for the kingdom of Ammi-Saduqa, who was primarily engaged in enriching and enlarging the temples, and a few other building projects, such as building a wall at the mouth of the
Euphrates
The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...
in his eleventh regnal year.
Year-names for Ammi-Sadduqa
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See also
* Kings of Babylon
* Venus tablets of Ammisaduqa
The Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa (''Enuma Anu Enlil'' Tablet 63) is the record of astronomical positions for Venus, as preserved in numerous cuneiform clay tablet, tablets dating from the first millennium BC. Scholars believe that this astronomical ...
References
17th-century BC kings of Babylon
First dynasty of Babylon
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