Igi-Halki

Igi-Halki was a king of Susa and Anshan (Elam) early in the 14th century BC. In one of his inscriptions, he says that “(the goddess) Manzat-Ishtar granted him the kingship of Susa and Anzan...”. The absence of ancestor kings in this inscription made scholars suggest that he started a new dynasty in Elam, usually called Igihalkids.^[1] Igi-Halki might have been installed by a Babylonian king Kurigalzu I, who conquered Susa about that time.^[2] He is also mentioned as the father of king Attar-kittah on two mace heads found in Chogha Zanbil, and in the inscription of king Shilhak-Inshushinak as the father of kings Pahir-ishan and Attar-Kittah.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b D.T.Potts (1999). The Archaeology of Elam. Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–209.
^ Frans van Koppen (2006). "Inscription of Kurigalzu I". In Mark William Chavalas (ed.). The ancient Near East: historical sources in translation. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 140–141.

[Potts99-1] D.T.Potts (1999). The Archaeology of Elam. Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–209.

[2] Frans van Koppen (2006). "Inscription of Kurigalzu I". In Mark William Chavalas (ed.). The ancient Near East: historical sources in translation. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 140–141.

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