Kadashman-Harbe I

Kadašman-Ḫarbe I
King of Babylon
Reignca. 1400 BC
PredecessorKaraindaš
SuccessorKurigalzu I
HouseKassite

Kadašman-Ḫarbe I, inscribed in cuneiform contemporarily as Ka-da-áš-ma-an-Ḫar-be and meaning “he believes in Ḫarbe (a Kassite god equivalent to Enlil),” was the 16th King of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty of Babylon,[1] and the kingdom contemporarily known as Kar-Duniaš, during the late 15th to early 14th century BC. It is now considered possible that he was the contemporary of Tepti Ahar, King of Elam, as preserved in a tablet[i 1] found at Haft Tepe in Iran. This is dated to the “year when the king expelled Kadašman-KUR.GAL,”[nb 1] thought by some historians to represent him[2] although this identification (KUR.GAL = Ḫarbe) has been contested.[3] If this name is correctly assigned to him, it would imply previous occupation of, or suzerainty over, Elam.[4]

  1. ^ J. A. Brinkman (1976). Materials and Studies for Kassite History, Vol. I (MSKH I). Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. pp. 15, 147.
  2. ^ Cole, S. W.; De Meyer, L. (1999). "Tepti-ahar, King of Susa, and Kadašman-dKUR.GAL". Akkadica (112): 44–45.
  3. ^ Jean-Jacques Glassner (2000). "dKUR.GAL à Suse et Haft-tépé". NABU (2): 40. no. 36.
  4. ^ Ezat O. Negahban; ʻIzzat Allāh Nigāhbān (1999). Excavations at Haft Tepe, Iran. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pp. 108, 138.


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