Yadih-Abu
Yadih-Abu (also written as Yadikh-Abu; Iadih-Abum) was in the Middle Bronze Age/Old Babylonian period a king of Terqa and king of the land of H̬ana. He was the son and successor of king Isi-Sumuabi. ReignYadih-Abu (E4.23.3[1]) inherited from his predecessor a kingdom along the Euphrates and the Khabur that could well be compared with that of the destroyed city of Mari. At Tell Taban (Ṭābatum), a number of clay tablets mention him and about ten year-names of him are known from which building activities in Araite, Ṭābatum (Tell Taban), Dunnum and Terqa are evident. At the end of his reign he came into conflict with Samsu-iluna who took over Haradum in the south around his 25th regnal year and in his 28th year claims to have defeated Yadih-abu. It seems that this put an end to the independence of Hana for the time being. Yadih-abu was succeeded by one Kaštiliašu, a person with a clearly Kassite name who did not belong to the house of Puzurum and was probably no more than a deputy of Samsu-iluna.[2] Defeated by Samsu-IlunaHe is mentioned in the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st years names of Samsu-Iluna of Babylon (r. 1749-1712 BCE).
A possible attestation in year-names of Samsu-Iluna: P304806, P305547, P373079, P306893, P510251, P509829 (cuneiform administrative text) referring to Iadihabum and Mutihursag. Bibliography
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