They treat of divers subjects: in one Khammurabi writes to Sin-Idinnam commanding him to send forty-seven shepherds to Babylon in order that they may give an account to the king of the flocks under their care (Brit.
Khammurabi directs Sin-Idinnam to postpone the date of a certain trial, owing to the presence of the plaintiff, one Ili-Ippalzam, in the city of Ur at a certain festival.
In one of these despatches Khammurabi orders Sin-Idinnam to cut down some "Abba" trees required by smelters of metal (Brit.
Sin-Idinnam and the judges of Sippar to prohibit certain fishermen from fishing in forbidden waters; at other times the same judges are directed to send a particular case for trial in the capital (cf.
Adadi-idinnam and Ardi-Martu agree on dissolution of partnership.
If Sin-idinnam had not been a very high-placed official, he would in all probability have been dismissed.
Thus in one of these communications he gives instructions to Sin-idinnam (who was apparently military governor of Larsa or Ellasar) to pronounce judgment against a certain person who laid claim to a field.
Sin-idinnam seems to have been the legitimate prince of Larsa, who had been expelled from his dominions by the Elamite invader Eri-Aku or Arioch, and had taken refuge at the court of Khammurabi in Babylon.
After the overthrow of the Elamites, Sin-idinnam was restored by Khammurabi to his ancestral principality.
He defeats the Elamites, restores Sin-idinnam to Larsa, and reunites Babylonia.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "idinnam" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
