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Igrish-Halam

24th century BCE · 24th century BCE

Igrish-Halam was a king of Ebla in the twenty-fourth century BCE and one of the earliest rulers documented in the archives of its palace. During his reign Ebla was under pressure from Mari, to which it delivered heavy payments of silver and gold. He was succeeded by Irkab-Damu, under whom the kingdom began to recover its strength.

Igrish-Halam
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Igrish-Halam. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/igrish-halam
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