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Ishtup-Ilum, also Ishtup-El was a ruler of the city of Mari, one of the military governors known as Shakkanakku in northern Mesopotamia, after the fall of Akkad. He was probably a contemporary with the Second Dynasty of Lagash, around the time of Gudea. He was the son of Ishma-Dagan and brother of Nûr-Mêr, both Shakkanakkus of Mari before him, and, according to the dynastic lists, he ruled after them for a period of 11 years.

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He is known from inscriptions mentioning the building of a temple, as well as from a monumental statue, discovered in Mari. The statue is now in the Aleppo National Museum, Syria. File:Ishtup-Ilum excavation in Mari, Syria.jpg|Ishtup-Ilum excavation in Mari, Syria in 1936, under André Parrot File:Statue of Ishtup-Ilum.jpg|Ishtup-Ilum statue (front) File:Ishtup-Ilum statue (back).jpg|Ishtup-Ilum statue (back, with inscription) File:Ishtup-Illum statue (three quarters).jpg|Ishtup-Illum statue (three quarters) File:Ishtup-Illum statue (side).jpg|Ishtup-Illum statue (side) File:Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku Mari-ki.jpg|Ishtup-Ilum cuneiform inscription on the statue: "Ishtup-Ilum, Shakkanakku of Mari" ( Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku Mari-ki) Dedication tablets Ishtup-Ilum is also known from a dedication tablet for the "Temple of the King of the Country" (either Dagan or Enlil) with the inscription: This implies that Ishtup-Ilum was the builder of this "Temple of the King of the Country", in which were also discovered beautiful copper statues of guardian lions, the "Lions of Mari", probably installed later during a rebuilding of the temple in the early 2nd millennium BCE. The Temple was excavated in 1938 by André Parrot. Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari.jpg|Tablet of Ishtup-Ilum. Obverse: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku". Reverse (hidden from view): " of Mari, the Temple of the King of the Country he has built". Louvre Museum AO 19823 Tablet of Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari.jpg|Another tablet of Ishtup-Ilum. Obverse: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari". Louvre Museum File:Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the Temple of Lions, Mari.jpg|Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the "Temple of Lions", Mari with dedication tablet of Ishtup-Ilum. Louvre Museum AO 19827 File:Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the Temple of Lions, Mari (plate detail).jpg|Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the Temple of Lions, Mari. Tablet inscription: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari, the Temple of the King of the Country he has built". Louvre Museum AO 19827 File:Ishtup-Ilum dedication.jpg|Ishtup-Ilum deposit for the Temple of Lions, Mari. Tablet inscription: "Ishtup-Ilum Shakkanakku of Mari, son of Ishma-Dagan, Shakkanakku of Mari, the Temple of the King of the Country he has built". Louvre Museum AO 19827 ==References==
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