Belassunu
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Belassunu (fl. c. 1780–1770 BC) was an Assyrian princess of .
History[]
Belassunu was the daughter of , King of , perhaps by his wife , and she was sister to Queen Iltani, wife of the usurper King . Details of Belassunu's life are known from surviving letters from the former royal archive at Tell-el-Rimah. She was the wife of to whom she bore children. The assertion that Belassunu had been a secondary wife to Zimrilim, king of Mari has now been proved incorrect.
While residing in the city of Karana she was the recipient of royal rations of meat and oil, and she paid visits to the cities of Mari and . Eventually she retired to her father's court at Karana, being escorted there under the protection of her brother-in-law Aqba-Hammu.
References[]
- B.F. Batto, Women at Mari (1974)
Categories:
- 18th-century BC women
- Ancient princesses
- Ancient Assyrians
- Ancient Mesopotamian women
- 18th-century BC Semitic people