Immeya
# Immeya

Immeya was a king of Ebla, in modern Syria, reigning around 1750–1725 $BCE.^{:217–8}$

## Reign

Immeya was most likely buried in the so-called "Tomb of the Lord of the Goats", in the royal necropolis of the western palace at $Ebla,^{:301–4}$ as suggested by a silver cup found here, bearing an inscription in his $name.^{:217–8}$ Assuming that, it is likely that the funerary equipment found in the tomb belonged to Immeya too. This included some objects in carved hippopotamus $ivory,^{:301–4}$ the remains of a throne decorated with bronze goat $heads,^{:338}$ and especially an ancient Egyptian ceremonial mace made of gold, silver and ivory, a gift from the 13th Dynasty pharaoh Hotepibre, who was a contemporary of $Immeya.^{:217–8}^{:301–4}$

Immeya also appears as the sender of a letter to a ruler, which was also found at $Ebla.^{:217–8}$ One of his successors—not necessarily the direct one—was a certain king Hammu[...], whose full name was probably $Hammurabi.^{:217–8}$

As with other rulers of the third kingdom of Ebla, Immeya's name is Amorite; furthermore, it seems that "Immeya" was a $hypocorism.^{:217–8}$

## Sources

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthiae, Paolo (2010). Ebla. La città del trono (in Italian). Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-20258-3.Matthiae (2010), pp. 217-18
* Asia portal
