Ruler · 2001 – 1881 BCE

Sumu-abum

Lived 2001 – 1881 BCE. King of Babylon (Babylon), 1894 BCE – 1881 BCE; also in the line of Babylonia.

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Lived: 2001 BCE – 1881 BCE; 120 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

King of Babylon

Babylon · the 1st of 37 dated reigns · 1894 BCE – 539 BCE

Sumu-abum1894 BCE – 1881 BCE

Hammurabi1792 BCE – 1750 BCE

Samsu-iluna1750 BCE – 1711 BCE

Abi-Eshuh1711 BCE – 1684 BCE

33 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1894 BCE – 1881 BCE · 13 years · came to it aged 107

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1881 BCE, after the death recorded in 1961 BCE

Also in the line of Babylonia (1st of 37, read from the line of Babylon).

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