"My splendour covers the Land (𒌦). And as for you, your heroism and strength."
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To his general Sîn-illat, Letter from Iddin-Dagan to Sîn-illat about the troops, at .
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Iddin-Dagan
(Akkadian: Iddin-Dagān, inscribed di-din dda-gan; fl. c. 1910 BCE — c. 1890 BCE by the short or c. 1975 BCE — c. 1954 BCE by the ) was the 3rd king of the . His son and successor was Ishme-Dagan.
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