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Ishbi-Erra

r. c. 2017–1985 BCE · 21st century BCE

Ishbi-Erra was the founder of the First Dynasty of Isin, ruling about 2017–1985 BCE. An official from Mari in the service of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, he made himself independent at Isin as the Ur III state collapsed. After the Elamites sacked Ur, he drove their garrison out of the city and claimed to be the heir of the kings of Ur.

Ishbi-Erra
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Shimashki dynastyIsin

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