Amminadab I of Ammon
| Amminadab I | |
|---|---|
| King of Ammon | |
| Reign | c.โ650sโ640s BCE |
| Predecessor | Unknown |
| Successor | Hissalel |
| Born | c.โearly 7th BCE |
| Issue | Hissalel |
Amminadab I (Ammonite: ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค *สฟamฤซnฤdฤb; Akkadian: ๐ ๐ช๐พ๐๐ am-mi-na-ad-bi; "my people are generous") was king of Ammon c. 650 BCE. He is mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions from the reign of Assurbanipal. He was one of the rebellious client kings punished by Assurbanipal during the latter's Arabian campaign. He is mentioned on an inscription on a bottle unearthed at Tel Siran in Jordan, which inscription reads: 'mndb mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค) / bn hsl'l mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: ๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค) / bn'mndb mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค) "Amminadab [II] king of the Ammonites son of Hassal'il king of the Ammonites son of Amminadab king of the Ammonites [I]."[1]
References
- ^ Robert Deutsch, A Royal Ammonite Seal Impression Archived 2017-04-12 at the Wayback Machine.