Apil-kin

Apil-kin (𒀀𒉈𒄀 a-pil-gin6; died c. 2091 BC),[1] was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, after the fall of Akkad c. 2127-2091 BCE.

[8] He had a daughter named Taram-Uram, who became the First Queen of king Shulgi of Ur III.

[11][12] On some of his inscriptions, Apil-kin uses the title dannum' ("the Great") in front of his function Shakkanakku ("Military Governor"), a practice for which he is the first to be attested at Mari, and which was initially introduced by Naram-Sin of the Akkadian Empire.

[13] Apil-kin and his successors generally used the Akkadian style of royal inscriptions and titulature.

[15] One of the inscriptions of Apil-kin, inscribed on a bronze plaque, reads: 𒀀𒉈𒄀 𒁕𒈝 𒄊𒀴 𒈠𒌷𒆠 𒁶 𒊓𒄷𒌷 a-pil-kin, da-num Shakkanakku ma-ri ki, DIM sa-ḫu-ri