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Lot Essay
This arrowhead has an elongated leaf-shape blade, narrowing to a sharp tip. The inscription in Akkadian on both sides of the midrib reads, “(Property) of Simbar-Sihu, son of Eriba-Sin.”
This is an important document supporting the existence of Simbar-Sihu, the founding king of Dynasty V of Babylonia, also known as the Second Sealand Dynasty. According to E. Sollberger (p. 52 in P.R.S. Moorey, op. cit., 1974), “Only two contemporary written documents from Simbar-Sihu's reign were hitherto known, but one is only a late copy of a royal inscription and the other a legal deed drawn up in the king's twelfth year. The arrowhead published here is therefore of special interest not only because it is, strictly speaking, the only truly contemporary inscription, but because it gives us the name of the king's father which had so far appeared only in two late chronicles. The new arrowhead, while not adding to our knowledge, at least confirms the authenticity of the chroniclers' sources.”
For a discussion on the reign of Simbar-Sihu, see pp. 150-155 in J.A. Brinkman, A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C.
This is an important document supporting the existence of Simbar-Sihu, the founding king of Dynasty V of Babylonia, also known as the Second Sealand Dynasty. According to E. Sollberger (p. 52 in P.R.S. Moorey, op. cit., 1974), “Only two contemporary written documents from Simbar-Sihu's reign were hitherto known, but one is only a late copy of a royal inscription and the other a legal deed drawn up in the king's twelfth year. The arrowhead published here is therefore of special interest not only because it is, strictly speaking, the only truly contemporary inscription, but because it gives us the name of the king's father which had so far appeared only in two late chronicles. The new arrowhead, while not adding to our knowledge, at least confirms the authenticity of the chroniclers' sources.”
For a discussion on the reign of Simbar-Sihu, see pp. 150-155 in J.A. Brinkman, A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C.