(reigned 1749–1712 B.C.)
Babylonian king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, son and successor of Hammurabi. He managed to hold together the substantial kingdom created by his father despite mounting internal and external pressures. In his ninth regnal year, he had to do battle against the Kassites and also faced a general revolt led by the king of Larsa, Rimush II, whom he defeated. Otherwise, the country enjoyed a measure of stability, as the many administrative and legal tablets from his nearly 38-year reign document.
Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia. EdwART. 2012.