__NOTOC__ An-am (AN-am₃) (also Dingiram or Anam) was a ruler of the Old Babylonian period city of

Uruk Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. The site lies 93 kilo ...

. He took the titles of "Shepard of Uruk" and "Army Chief of Uruk". An-am is known to be the father of the succeeding ruler

Irdanene Irdanene (IR3-ne-ne) (also Urdunene or IRene) was a ruler of Old Babylonian period Uruk and son of his predecessor, An-am. He is thought to have been a contemporary of Rim-Sîn I (c. 1822–1763 BC), ruler of the city of Larsa based on his 14th ...

from the latter's year name "... brought a statue in gold representing Dingiram his father into the temple of Nanaia". Unlike the rest of the dynasty An-am and Irdanene had Sumerian names. A royal hymn to An-am was found at Uruk. He restored the temples of An and Inanna "the ancient work of divine Ur-Nammu and Sulgi". From one inscription found at Uruk we know that he was the son of Ilān-šemeā and that he rebuilt the city wall of Uruk. In another inscription he records building a temple for the goddess

Kanisurra Kanisurra (also Gansurra, Ganisurra) was a Mesopotamian goddess who belonged to the entourage of Nanaya. Much about her character remains poorly understood, though it is known she was associated with love. Her name might be derived from the word ' ...

, called the "mistress of the Iturungal", with the Iturungal being a major canal in Sumer. Several of An-am's year names are known: *Year AN-am became king *Year in which (Dingiram) made opposite the gate of the gipar / "nunnery" a pure (bed) and placed there (in the gate) a statue adorned with gold for An and Inanna *Year (Dingiram made) 2 thrones (and) a statue of the king *Year he restored the interior of the decaying temple of An and Inanna In a letter to ruler of Babylon

Sin-muballit Sin-Muballit was the father of Hammurabi and the fifth Amorite king of the first dynasty (the ''Amorite Dynasty'') of Babylonia, reigning c. 1811-1793 or 1748-1729 BC (see Chronology of the Ancient Near East). He ruled over a relatively new and ...

(c. 1813-1792 BC), An-am reminds him that they are both of "one house" ie. from the Yaminite tribe of Amnanum.

Sîn-kāšid Sîn-kāšid (inscribed in : EN.ZU''-kà-ši-id'') was the Amorites, Amorite king of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the 18th century BC. No date lists are known nor any year names so his regnal length is uncertain, but it is likely ...

, the founder of the 6th Dynasty of Uruk, took as a title "King of the Amnanum (Tribe)" (lugal am-na-nu-um) as did the third ruler, Sîn-gāmil. A few of the inscriptions of An-am are thought to have antedated his reign. In two inscriptions of An-am from the rule of Sîn-gāmil on the construction of a temple for the god Nergal in the city of Uṣarpara close with "Anam, archivist, son of Ilān-šemeā, built this temple". The location of Uṣarpara is unknown.Frayne, Douglas, "Uruk", Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 B.C.): Early Periods, Volume 4, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 439-483, 1990 A millennium later an inscribed barrel cylinder of Babylonian ruler

Marduk-apla-iddina II Marduk-apla-iddina II ( Akkadian: ; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan or Berodach-Baladan, lit. ''Marduk has given me an heir'') was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territory that once made the Sealand in sou ...

(722–710, 703–702 BC) records rebuilding a "house of the god

Ningishzida Ningishzida ( Sumerian: DNIN.G̃IŠ.ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord f theGood Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld and sometimes war. He was commonly associated with snakes. Like Dumuzi, he was believed to spend a part ...

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built by An-am.
teven W. Holloway, "Sargon II and His Redactors Repair Eanna of Uruk", Biblical Research 43, pp. 22-49, 1998

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CDLI entry of AN-am temple building dedicationAll AN-am objects at CDLI
Kings of Uruk

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