Middle Bronze It enjoyed independence briefly during the 18th century under the reigns of the
Amorite chieftains (
ra-bí-an MAR.DÚ) Itur-šarrum, In an old Babylonian letter from
Yarim-Lim I, the king of
Yamḫad to the Yašub-Yahad, the king of
Dēr, he says: Yarim-Lim I would defeat the king of Diniktum in battle. One king of Diniktum named Itur-šarrum ruled Diniktum for around a century before his successor Sîn-gāmil became the new ruler of the kingdom. Ikūn-pî-Sîn (“The word of Sin is truthful”), the ruler of Nērebtum (
Tell Ishchali) and possibly
Tutub, cities in the sphere of Ešnunna, has a year name: “Year when Ikū(n)-pî-Sîn captured Diniktum." It was absorbed into the kingdom of Ešnunna and consequently embroiled in its conflicts with Elam during the reigns of Ibāl-pî-El II (ca. 1715–1701 BC short) and Ṣillī-Sîn (ca. 1700–1698 BC short). During an
Elamite invasion of
Mesopotamia the Elamites sacked
Eshnunna. This caused many soldiers in the Elamite army that were from Eshnunna to defect. Because of the mass desertion, the Elamite king retreated back to Diniktum. While in Diniktum, the Elamites would
sue for peace with
Hammurabi. The Elamites were then driven from the city.
Late Bronze The town was still settled in the later bronze-age, as a year name of 15th century BC
Kassite ruler Kadashman-harbe I reads "the year [in which]
Kadašman-Ḫarbe, the king, dug the canal of Diniktum". ==Location==