Kindattu


Kindattu 6th king of Shimashki Dynasty, in Elam, at the time of third dynasty of Ur in ancient Lower Mesopotamia.
He is mentioned in the Shilhak-Inshushinak list of kings who did work on Inshushinak temple in Susa. Apparently, Kindattu invaded and conquered Ur, and captured Ibbi-Sin, the last of the third dynasty of Ur, and made him a prisoner. Elamites sacked Ur and settled there, but then were defeated by Ishbi-Erra, the first king of Isin dynasty on his year 16, and later expelled from Mesopotamia.
The destructions are related in the Lament for Ur:
The Lament for Sumer and Ur then describes the fate of Ibbi-Sin:
An Hymn to Ishbi-Erra, although quite fragmentary, mentions the role played by Kindattu in the destruction of Ur.