Kuri-galzu I.

Kuri - galzu I. (also: Kurigalzu I. ), son of Kadashman - Harbe, was a king of Babylonia from the Kassite ( Kassu ) dynasty, who ruled around 1390 BC.

Title

He called himself " king of the whole " (SAR kissati ) and put his name as the kings of the third dynasty of Ur, the determinative DINGIR (God) before. In a consecration inscription on Enlil, is called the " Lord of countries" Kurigalzu " good shepherd "

Buildings

In Babylon he consecrated Šumalija and Šuqamuna, the state gods of Kassitenreiches a huge temple. He also built the Temple of Anu and Ishtar. In Ur, he restored the É - dublamaḫ (House of the increased threshold ), a goal that took place at the court hearings.

Kurigalzu was also regarded as the founder of major Kurigalzu ( around 1400).

Government

Kurigalzu entertained by a letter from Burna - Burias II (EA 9, 19-36 ) good relations with Egypt. After him the Canaanites asked for help in a rebellion against Egypt. However, he had replied: "If you, hostile will against the king of Egypt, my brother and another enters an alliance, then I should not go and rob you?" (EA 9, 26-28).

A relative, possibly his sister was married to the Elamite king Paḫir - Nissan, whose daughter had married the Humban - numena.