Inshushinak-shar-ili, or -ilani (

Elamite Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Scythic, Median, Amardian, Anshanian and Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites. It was recorded in what is now southwestern Iran from 2600 BC to 330 BC. Elamite i ...

: ''Inshushinak-sunkir-nappipir''), was an

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circa 1400 BCE. He belonged to the loose periodization of kings called the Kidinuid dynasty, during the early Middle Elamite Period.

Attestations

Inshushinak-shar-ili is attested by inscriptions on about two dozen bricks from the ancient Elamite capital of

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, which detail that Inshushinak-shar-ili restored buildings at the Inshushinak Temple in that very city, which were built by a former ''sukkalmah'', named Temti-Halki. This king is also attested by the seal of an official named Adad-erish, head of the squires, who calls himself "''Adad-erish servant of Inshushinak-shar-ilani, king of Susa, servant of Adad."''

References

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