# List of kings of Ebla

The list of kings of Ebla includes the known monarchs of Ebla who ruled three consecutive kingdoms. For the first kingdom's monarchs, tablets listing offerings to kings mention ten names, and another list mentions 33 kings. No kings are known from the second kingdom and all dates are estimates according to the Middle chronology.

## First Eblaite kingdom (c. 3100 – c. 2290 BC)

| # | Ruler | Succession | Approx. date of reign | Comments |
| 1st | Sakume | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 3100 BC | The first king ruled approximately 660 years before the destruction of the first kingdom; the year 2400 was used by Robert R Stieglitz as the date of the destruction resulting in the year c. 3100 BC for the beginning of Sakume's reign |
| 2nd | Su (.) (...) | Unclear succession | Uncertain | Name damaged |
| 3rd | Ladau | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 4th | Abugar | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 5th | Namnelanu | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 6th | Dumudar | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 7th | Ibla | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 8th | Kulbanu | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 9th | Assanu | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 10th | Samiu | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| 11th | Zialu | Unclear succession | Uncertain | |
| Early Dynastic I period (c. 2900 – c. 2700 BC) ||||||
| 12th | Enmanu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2740 BC | |
| 13th | Namanu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2720 BC | |
| Early Dynastic II period (c. 2700 – c. 2600 BC) ||||||
| 14th | Da (.) (.) | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2700 BC | Name damaged |
| 15th | Sagisu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2680 BC | |
| 16th | Dane'um | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2660 BC | |
| 17th | Ibbini-Lim | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2640 BC | |
| 18th | Ishrut-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2620 BC | |
| Early Dynastic IIIa period (c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC) ||||||
| 19th | Isidu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2600 BC | |
| 20th | Isrut-Halam | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2580 BC | |
| 21st | Iksud | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2560 BC | |
| 22nd | Talda-Lim | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2540 BC | |
| 23rd | Abur-Lim | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2520 BC | |
| Early Dynastic IIIb period (c. 2500 – c. 2400 BC) ||||||
| 24th | Agur-Lim | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2500 BC | |
| 25th | Ib-Damu I | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2480 BC | A seal bearing his name was found in Kültepe |
| 26th | Baga-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2460 BC | |
| 27th | Enar-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2440 BC | Amongst the most referenced deified kings in the offering lists |
| 28th | Eshar-Malik | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2420 BC | |
| Proto-Imperial period (c. 2400 – c. 2290 BC) ||||||
| 29th | Kun-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2400 BC | |
| 30th | Adub-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2380 BC | Short reign |
| 31st | Igrish-Halam | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2360 BC (12 years) | |
| 32nd | Irkab-Damu | Son of Igrish-Halam | c. 2351 - c. 2340 BC (11 or 12 years) | Died same year as Enna-Dagan of Mari |
| 33rd | Isar-Damu | Son of Irkab-Damu | c. 2340 - c. 2305 BC (35 years) | His Queen was Tabur-Damu |
| | Ir'ak-Damu | Son of Isar-Damu | Uncertain | A prince, might have ascended the throne for a short period Pottery seals of the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I have been found in the destruction layer of the city |

## Second Eblaite kingdom (c. 2290 – c. 2030 BC)

Ebla arose again for a time during the Ur III period (c. 2100 BC) though no ruler names are yet known. It may have been a vassal of Ur for a time.

## Third Eblaite kingdom (c. 2030 – c. 1590 BC)

| # | Ruler | Succession | Approx. date of reign | Comments |
| Isin-Larsa period (c. 2025 – c. 1763 BC) ||||||
| | Igrish-Heba | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2000 BC | |
| | Ibbit-Lim | Son of Igrish-Heba | Uncertain, fl. c. 2000 – c. 1950 BC | |
| | Ib-Damu II | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 2000 – c. 1750 BC | |
| Old Babylonian period (c. 1763 – c. 1590 BC) ||||||
| | Immeya | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 1750 – c. 1725 BC | His grave is identified with the so-called "Tomb of the Lord of the Goats" |
| | Hammu(....) | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 1750 BC | A successor of Immeya, not necessarily the direct one, the name was damaged but probably Hammurabi |
| | Sir-Damu | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 1750 – c. 1600 BC | |
| | Indilimma | Son of Sir-Damu | Uncertain, fl. c. 1600 BC | |
| | Memal...arri? (Maratewari) | Unclear succession | Uncertain, fl. c. 1600 BC | |

## Gallery

* Ibbit-Lim statue, dated to the third kingdom c. 2000 BC
* Seated ruler, dated to the third kingdom, exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art
* Prince Maratewari (left), crown prince of king Indilimma