Irdanene
Irdanene was a ruler of Old Babylonian period Uruk and son of his predecessor, An-am. He is
thought to have been a contemporary of Rim-Sîn I, ruler of the city of Larsa based on his 14th year name which records the defeat of Uruk, and the name of Irdanene i.e. "Year the armies of Uruk, Isin, Babylon, Sutum, Rapiqum, and of Irdanene the king of Uruk were smitten with weapons". Rim-Sin I also dealt with this in
three known inscriptions. One, on a clay cone, read "... when he smote with weapons the army of Uruk, Isin, Babylon, Rapiqum, and Sutium, captured iR-ne-ne, king of Uruk, in that battle, laid his foot on his head as if he were a snake...".
While no inscriptions of Irdanene have yet been found, three of his servant's sealing
have been found "I-ni-e-, son of Piqqum, servant of IR-ne-ne." on four tablets at Uruk, "Iddin-Na, son of Sin-iri, servant of IR-ne-ne." on one tablet envelope from Uruk, "Nabi-ihsu, son of Sin-kasid, servant of IR-ne-ne." on a tablet from Uruk.
Several year names of Irdanene are known :
- Year Irdanene king
- Year I brought a statue in gold representing Dingiram his father into the temple of Nanaia
- Year I set free for Enlil in Nippur for ever the sons and daughters of Nippur in Uruk, as many as they are
- Year brought for An and Inanna in their temple a magnificent chariot adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls from Meluhha
- Year placed 2 copper statues of Irdanene the king at the gate of the gipar / "nunnery" and 2 copper statues for the goddess Naszpartum right and left of the muszaigigala-gate
goddess Inanna referred to is Inanna of Kitium. The god Mus-a-igigal, also associated with the E-anna temple is known to have been worshiped there.