ERRA-KIBRI, ŠABRA D’IDDIN-ILUM ET SES COLLEGUES

In an article entitled “Wer war Tarâm-Mari?” K. Hecker (2008) published two private contracts from the Old Assyrian Karum II level at Kültepe-Kaniš (Kt m/k and Kt 102 m/171 k). These contracts bore the impression of the seal of someone who was a dependent of Iddin-Ilum, the ruler (šakkanakku) of the Syrian city of Mari. In this study we propose to read the name of the original owner of the seal as Erra-kibrī rather than as of Tarâm-Mari as had been previously proposed, and to identify him as a ŠABRA official. This seal also provides another example of representation of the goddess who wields a knife, one who occurs frequently on seals of ŠABRA’s and other officials during the reigns of Iddin-ilum and Isi-Dagan of Mari.