Igrish-Halam or Igriš-Halab () was a king of the ancient city state of Ebla.[Gregorio del Olmo Lete, Mythologie et religion des sémites occidentaux, Nummer 1 page118 (2008)][Antonio Panaino and Giovanni Pettinato , Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena: Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Held in Chicago, USA, October 27–31, 2000 |page 200( 2002)] His name means "(The god of) Aleppo has driven away (the opponent)", hence, the name might be a commemoration of an Eblaite victory that led to the incorporation of lands beyond the city of Halab.
Reign
He ruled for 12 years
[Frayne, Douglas (1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003–1595 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. 4. (University of Toronto Press, 1990). . p3-16.] and was succeeded by his son
Irkab-Damu who was a more vigorous ruler.
Conflict with Mari
His reign was characterized by an Eblaite weakness, and tribute paying to the kingdom of Mari,
[Tonietti, Maria Vittoria (2010). "Musicians in the Ebla Texts". In Pruzsinszky, Regine; Shehata, Dahlia. Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken.( LIT Verlag Münster., 2010) p69][Nadali, Davide (2007). "Monuments of War, War of Monuments: Some Considerations on Commemorating War in the Third Millennium BC". Orientalia. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. 76 (4). p350. OCLC 557711946.] with whom Ebla fought a long war.
[Joan Aruz; Ronald Wallenfels (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. p. 462.] His battle with
Iblul-Il of Mari at
Sahiri was instrumental in this
tribute payment.
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