Abi-Eshuh

Abī-Ešuḫ (variants: ma-bi-ši,[i 1] "Abiši", mE-bi-šum,[i 2] "Ebišum") was the 8th king of the 1st Dynasty of Babylon and reigned for 28 years from or 1711–1684 BC (middle chronology).

[i 3] The Chronicle of Early Kings[i 1] recalls his damming of the Tigris in a vain attempt to capture Ilum-ma-ilī, the founder of the Sealand Dynasty.

A clay cylinder fragment[i 4] from Kiš is tentatively assigned to this king because the events it commemorates coincide with three of his year-names.

Two copies of a building inscription[i 6] commemorate his construction activities at Luḫaia, a town founded by Ḫammu-rāpi on the Araḫtum canal to the north of Babylon.

[3] A single inscription exists found on an onyx eye stone dedicated to the goddess Ningal.