Tura-Dagan (, Tu-ra-Dda-gan; died 2050 BC) was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia during the Ur III period. He was son of Apil-kin, and brother of Ili-Ishar. He held the title of Shakkanakku (military governor), which was borne by all the princes of a dynasty who reigned at Mari in the late third millennium and early second millennium BC. These kings were the descendants of the military governors appointed by the kings of Akkad.Louvre. "The Statuette of Iddi-Ilum," Department of Near Eastern Antiquities: Mesopotamia. Accessed December 1, 2014. http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/statuette-iddi-ilum He was contemporary of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and probably their vassal.
Family He was the son of Apil-kin, and younger brother of Ili-Ishar. His sister Taram-Uram had married Shulgi of Ur.
He had a son, who succeeded him, named Puzur-Ishtar.
Attestations Inscriptions The Museum of the Ancient Orient has a statue of Tura-Dagan, but it is headless and the inscription is heavily damaged.Per Museum of the Ancient Orient item notice Tura-Dagan is also known from various seals and dynastic lists.
A statue of Puzur-Ishtar is known from the Royal Palace of Mari, now in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul, with an inscription on the hem of the statue’s skirt mentioning his father Tura-Dagan.Gates, Henriette-Marie. "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari." The Biblical Archaeologist 47 (June.,1984): 70-87.Gates, "The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari," 70-87.
The inscription on the hem of the statue reads:
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