Dūr-Abī-ešuḫ

In cuneiform text it is usually called Dur-Abi-ešuh(canal) or more formally Dur-Abi-ešuhki ša zibbat i₇Hammu-rabi-nuhuš-niši[what language is this?]

[5][6] Dūr-Abī-ešuḫ is attested to have been occupied during the reigns of four contiguous rulers of Babylon, Abi-Eshuh, Ammi-Ditana, Ammi-Saduqa and Samsu-Ditana.

This period marked the slow decline of the Old Babylonian Empire from the glory days of Hammurabi and the early rise of the First Sealand Dynasty beginning under its first ruler Ilī-ma-AN.

[7] Under ruler Samsu-iluna, predecessor of Abi-Eshuh, Babylon lost effective control over Nippur to Ilī-ma-AN and Sealand.

Abi-Eshuh fortified the southern region of the Babylonian empire and dammed the Tigris river and as a result full control of Nippur had been regained by his 5th year.

[8] It is known that on or about year 11 of the reign of Ammi-Ditana, successor in Babylon to Abi-Eshuh, the major city of Nippur came under attack and was again partially abandoned.

[2][14] From the archive it was learned that in the time of ruler Samsu-iluna the river Tigris, which until then flowed past the city of Nippur, changed its course to the east.

An example would be this purchase contract: "[1]5 shekels of silver to buy a splendid (nam-ri) slave in the city of Bad-An, which Iddin-Mar-duk, the overseer of the Ninurta temple, gave to Enlil-muballiṭ, the nešakkum, the son of Ur-Sadarnuna.

The fortresses, at places like Nukar (near Nippur), Baganna, Isin, and Uruk were manned by a mix of soldiers including those from Ḫalaba, Arrapḫu, Idmaraz and Emutbalum.

[20] It is known that in the Late Babylonian period a Hammurabi-lū-dāri was a high official present at Dūr-Abī-ešuḫ, with the titles sagi “cupbearer” and gal.ukken.na “chief of the assembly”.