Cast of Main Characters

Abi-eshuh

king of Babylon

1711–1684

13

Abi-hunni

recipient of a house in Terqa (m)

late 15th or early 14th century

15

Adad-guppi

priestess of Sin in Harran, official, and mother of the king in Babylonia

648–552

19

Adad-shumu-usur

physician and exorcist in Assyria (m)

early 7th century

18

Akhenaten

king of Egypt

1353–1336

15

Alexander

king of Macedon

336–323

20

Amat-Shamash

naditum in Sippar (f)

mid-18th century

12

Ashur-idi

merchant in Ashur (m)

20th–19th century

9

Ashur-nada

merchant in Ashur and Anatolia (m)

20th–19th century

9

Ashur-uballit I

king of Assyria

1363–1328

15

Ashurbanipal

king of Assyria

668–630/628

19

Ashurnasirpal II

king of Assyria

883–859

17

Awat-Aya

naditum initiate in Sippar (f)

mid-18th century

12

Ba’la-bia

child in Emar (f)

late 13th century

16

Ba’la-belu

child in Emar (m)

late 13th century

16

Ba’la-ummi

child in Emar (f)

late 13th century

16

Baranamtara

queen of Lagash

c. 2400

4

Bazatum

musician in Mari (f)

mid-18th century

10

Bel-uballit

oil presser, brewer, and temple functionary in Sippar (m)

mid-6th century

20

Bel-ushezib

diviner and astronomer in Assyria (m)

early 7th century

18

Beltum

princess of Qatna, queen in Mari

early 18th century

10

Burna-Buriash II

king of Babylonia

1359–1333

15

Cyrus

king of Persia

559–530

20

Dimtur

queen mother in Lagash

c. 2400

4

Dusigu

queen mother in Ebla

c. 2300

5

Eannatum

king of Lagash

25th century

3

Elletum

scribal student in Nippur (m)

mid-18th century

12

Emete

head of female royal servants in Lagash (f)

mid-24th century

4

Enar-Lim

merchant and envoy in Ebla (m)

c. 2300

5

Enheduana

en-priestess of Nanna in Ur

c. 2300–2250

6

Enlil-bani

gardener, substitute king, and king of Isin

1860–1837

8

Enlil-mansum

temple official and slave trader in Dur-Abi-eshuh (m)

late 17th century

13

Enmetena

king of Lagash

c. 2450

3

Erra-imitti

king of Isin

1868–1861

8

Esarhaddon

king of Assyria

681–669

18

Geme-Suen

lender in Umma (f)

mid-21st century

7

Gimil-Ninkarrak

chief barber in Terqa (m)

c. 1710–1680

13

Gudea

king of Lagash

2144–2124

7

Hammurabi

king of Babylon

1792–1750

11

Hane

translator in Egypt and Mittani (m)

mid-14th century

14

Hattusili I

king of Hatti

1650–1620

13

Hattusili III

king of Hatti

1267–1237

16

Ibni-Sin

commander in Babylon

early 17th century

13

Igi-bar

weaving supervisor in Lagash (f)

mid-24th century

4

Ilim-ilimma

charioteer, lender in Alalakh (m)

early 15th century

14

Ina-qate-Nabu-bultu

enslaved baker in Babylon (m)

mid-6th century

20

Ishar-damu

king of Ebla

c. 2300

5

Ishar-Lim

king of Hana

late 15th or early 14th century

15

Ishbi-Erra

king of Isin

2017–1985

8

Ishma’-Dagan

child in Emar (m)

late 13th century

16

Ishunnatu

enslaved innkeeper in Kish (f)

mid-6th century

20

Itti-Marduk-balatu

businessman in Babylon

mid-6th century

20

Jehoiakin

king of Judah, exile in Babylon

mid-6th century

19

Kitushdu

scribe in Ur (m)

c. 2300

6

Ku’e

woman in Emar

late 13th century

16

Kudurru

scribe in Babylonia and Assyria and oil diviner (m)

early 7th century

18

Kushim

sanga and controller of the barley warehouse in Uruk (m)

late 4th millennium

2

Lu-Nanna

escaped slave in Umma (m)

21st century

7

Lugalanda

king of Lagash

c. 2400

4

Lugalzagesi

king of Uruk

late 24th century

6

Marduk-lamassashu

vizier in Babylon

early 17th century

13

Mashum

soldier and farmer in Larsa (m)

mid-18th century

11

Mizatu

enslaved brewer, wife of Nabu-utirri in Babylon

mid-6th century

20

Muballit-Sherua

princess of Assyria, queen of Babylonia, wife of Burna-Buriash II

mid-14th century

15

Nabu-naid/Nabonidus

scribal student, official, and king of Babylonia

ruled 556–539

19 and 20

Nabu-utirri

enslaved brewer, husband of Mizatu in Babylon

mid-6th century

20

Nabu-ushallim

dream interpreter in Assyria (m)

early 7th century

18

Napir-Asu

princess of Babylonia, queen of Elam, wife of Untash-Napirisha

mid-14th century

15

Naram-Sin

king of Akkad

2254–2218

6

Nebuchadnezzar II

king of Babylonia

604–562

19

Nefertiti

queen of Egypt

mid-14th century

15

Pihatni-ipiq

possible governor in Larsa

mid-19th century

8

Puabi

queen of Ur

c. 2500

3

Puduhepa

queen of Hatti

mid-13th century

16

Rimut-Anu

scribe and exorcist in Uruk (m)

5th century

20

Rishiya

chief musician at Mari (m)

mid-18th century

10

Ruzi-mali

merchant and envoy in Ebla (m)

c. 2300

5

Samsu-ditana

king of Babylon

1625–1595

13

Samsu-iluna

king of Babylon

1749–1712

13

Sargon

king of Akkad

2334–2279

6

Sasi

official and possible conspirator in Assyria (m)

early 7th century

18

Se’-idri

tenant vineyard gardener in Assyria (m)

late 8th century

19

Shamash-hazir

land overseer in Larsa

mid-18th century

11

Shamshi-Adad

king of Upper Mesopotamia

1807–1776

10

Shara-igizi-Abzu

esh-a in Umma, daughter of Ushumgal

early 3rd millennium

3

Shulgi

king of Ur

2094–2046

7

Sin-idinnam

governor general of Larsa

mid-18th century

11

Sumu-El

king of Larsa

1894–1866

8

Sumu-la-El

king of Babylon

1880–1845

8

Suppiluliuma I

king of Hatti

1344–1322

15

Tabur-damu

queen of Ebla

c. 2300

5

Tawananna

princess of Babylonia, queen of Hatti, wife of Suppiluliuma I

mid-14th century

15

Tushratta

king of Mittani

mid-14th century

14 and 15

Unnamed Babylonian princess

princess of Babylonia, wife of Akhenaten

mid-14th century

15

Unnamed brickmaker

brickmaker in Ur (m)

early 21st century

7

Unnamed children

child laborers who worked for the temple in Girsu (m, f)

21st century

7

Unnamed deportees

deportees in the Assyrian Empire (m, f)

9th and 8th centuries

17

Unnamed eunuch

chief eunuch and conspirator in Assyria

early 7th century

18

Unnamed girl

enslaved girl and prophet in Harran

early 7th century

18

Unnamed goldsmiths

goldsmiths in Assyria (m)

9th–7th centuries

19

Unnamed perfume-makers

perfume-makers in Babylonia (f)

mid-6th century

19

Unnamed priest-king/en

leader of Uruk

late 4th millennium

1 and 2

Unnamed sculptors

sculptors in Assyria (m)

early 9th century

17

Unnamed traveler

visitor to the Stone Cone Temple, Uruk

mid-4th millennium

1

Untash-Napirisha

king of Elam

1340–1300

15

Ur-Namma

king of Ur

2112–2095

7

Ur-Nanshe

king of Lagash

mid-3rd millennium

3

Urtenu

merchant in Ugarit (m)

late 13th century

16

Urukagina

king of Lagash

mid-24th century

4

Ushumgal

pab-shesh priest in Umma, father of Shara-igizi-Abzu

early 3rd millennium

3

Various naditums

naditums in Sippar (f)

mid-18th century

12

Various washermen

washermen in Babylonia

mid-6th century

19

Various weavers

weavers in Assyria (m, f)

9th–7th centuries

19

Wife of Ur-lugal

borrower in Umma (f)

mid-21st century

7

Yasmah-Addu

viceroy in Mari

early 18th century

10

Zadamma

man in Emar

late 13th century

16

Zimri-Lim

king of Mari

1774–1762

10

Zum

weaving supervisor in Lagash (f)

mid-24th century

4