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Iddin-Sin (: Iddรฎ-Sรฎn; ) was a King (Lugal ล ร r, pronounced Shar) of the Simurrum. Simurrum was an important city state of the Mesopotamian area, during the period of Akkadian Empire down to Ur III. Simurrum disappears from records after the Old Babylonian period. According to an inscription (the stela from Qarachatan Village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, now located in the Sulaymaniyah Museum), Iddin-Sin seems to have been contemporary with the Lullubi king Annubanini. History of Iddin-Sin's stela
Several rulers of the Simurrum Kingdom are known, such as Iddi(n)-Sin and his son Zabazuna. Various inscriptions suggest that they were contemporary with king Ishbi-Erra. In inscriptions, the name of Iddin-Sin is written ๐ญ๐ฟ๐พ๐ญ๐๐ช, with one silent determinative (๐ญ, Dingir) before the remaining part of the name, ๐ฟ๐พ๐ญ๐๐ช. ๐ฟ๐พ can be read as i-ti with the geminated 't' being implied, and then in English the double 't' sound is taken more as a double 'd'. The 'n' is then added in English though not explicitly written in the Akkadian cuneiform. The second ๐ญ (Dingir) acts as a determinative for the last part ๐๐ช are the signs EN.ZU. Thus all three together form the logogram dingirEN.ZU, which is read as Sรฎn, name of the Moon God.
Four inscriptions and a relief of the Simurrum have been identified at Bitwata near Ranya in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the border with Iran, including the large relief now in the Israel Museum, and one from Sarpol-e Zahab. It is thought that the design of the relief is derived from the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkadian Empire, in which the king is also seen trampling enemies. It is also similar to other reliefs in the area, such as the Anubanini rock relief. The Sarpol-e Zahab relief, representing a beardless warrior with axe, trampling a foe, and inscribed with the name "Zaba(zuna), son of ...", may be the son of Iddin-Sin.
Iddi-Sin is also known from a stele, which he inscribed in Akkadian, now in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.
A seal showing Iddin-Sin and his son Zabazuna (: Za-ba-zu-na), is also known from the Rosen collection.
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