Sabium (sà-bu-um) (also Sabum) was an
Amorite King in the
First Dynasty of Babylon, the ''Amorite Dynasty''. He reigned c. 1844 BC – 1831 BC (
MC), and ruled what was at the time a small recently created Amorite kingdom which included the town of Babylon. Sabium makes no claim of kingship of Babylon itself, suggesting that it had not yet grown into the major
metropolis
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big city b ...
it would become under his descendant
Hammurabi. His is known to have maintained control over the city of
Sippar
Sippar (Sumerian language, Sumerian: , Zimbir) (also Sippir or Sippara) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river. Its ''Tell (archaeology), tell'' is located at the site of modern Tell ...
, conquered by
Sumu-la-El.
Ibal-pi-El I of
Eshnunna is known to have concluded a treaty with
Sin-Iddinam of
Larsa and
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 ...
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 ...
against Sabium and his ally Nerebtum.
[Guichard, Michaël, "Un traité d’alliance entre Larsa, Uruk et Ešnunna contre Sabium de Babylone", Semitica 56, pp. 9-34, 2014]
See also
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Chronology of the ancient Near East
*
List of Mesopotamian dynasties
References
18th-century BC kings of Babylon
First dynasty of Babylon
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