Sumuel or Sumu-El (, su-mu-el3; died 1866 BC) was the Amorite King of Larsa, a city-state in Sumer, in southern Mesopotamia, from c. 1895-1866 BC (MC). M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002 Marcel Segrist, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990E.M. Grice , C.E. Keiser, M. Jastrow, Chronology of the Larsa Dynasty, AMS Press, 1979
His daughter was Enshakiag-Nanna who became en-priestess at Ur c. 1872-1832 BC.Graham, Lloyd D., "King’s Daughter, God’s Wife: The Princess as High Priestess in Mesopotamia (Ur, ca. 2300-1100 BCE) and Egypt (Thebes, ca. 1550-525 BCE)", 2017
Reign Annals for his complete 29-year reign have survived. He was preceded by Abisare.
He campaigned against Akusum and Kazallu in his year 4, Uruk in year 5, Pinaratim in year 8, Sabum in year 10, Kish in year 11, Kazallu in year 15, Nanna-Isha in 16, and Umma at the end of his reign. Most of these seem to be names of small villages along the Euphrates.
Sumuel is known from several inscriptions.
See also Chronology of the ancient Near East List of Mesopotamian dynasties
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External links Sumuel Year Names at CDLI