Abë-eà ¡uḫ (<sup>m</sup>a-bi-e-à ¡u-uḫ, variants: <sup>m</sup>a-bi-à ¡i, "Abià ¡i", <sup>m</sup>E-bi-à ¡um, "Ebià ¡um") was the 8th king of the 1st Dynasty of Babylon and reigned for 28 years in 1711âÂÂ1684 BC (Middle Chronology) or eight years later (Lower Middle Chronology). He was preceded by his father Samsu-iluna.
His exuberant titles included, "descendant of Sumu-la-El, princely heir of Samsu-iluna, eternal seed of kingship, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king who makes the four quarters be at peace." This was presumably achieved by his two aggressive military campaigns. His fourth year-name records that he subdued the army of the Kassites. The Chronicle of Early Kings recalls his damming of the Tigris in a vain attempt to capture Ilum-ma-ilë, the founder of the Sealand Dynasty. A clay cylinder fragment from Kià ¡ is tentatively assigned to this king because the events it commemorates coincide with three of his year-names. It mentions the Tigris river (year âÂÂoâ the damming of the Tigris), the Tigris gate (year âÂÂmâ the ká-gal-i<sub>7</sub>idigna), the fashioning of a mace for Marduk (year âÂÂgâÂÂ) and digging of the Zubi canal (year âÂÂIâÂÂ). He is described as âÂÂthe great championâ in his son, Ammë-ditÃÂna's inscription, and in the genealogy of his descendant Ammë-á¹£aduqa.
The Elamites under their king Kutir-nahhunte I raided into Babylonia early in his reign and sacked 30 cities.
Two copies of a building inscription commemorate his construction activities at Luḫaia, a town founded by Ḫammu-rÃÂpi on the Araḫtum canal to the north of Babylon. A single inscription exists found on an onyx eye stone dedicated to the goddess Ningal.
He is richly attested in the cylinder seal impressions of his minions with one of his servant, LamÃÂnum, son of BÃÂl-kulla, another of Luà ¡tÃÂmar-Adad, son of MÃÂr-Sipparim, another of NabiâÂÂum-an[dasa], son of Ilà ¡u-ib[nÃ«à ¡u], another ... son of Awël-..., another Ilà ¡u-nÃÂá¹£ir, diviner, son of Marduk-nÃÂá¹£ir, another a copy Iddin-à  amaà ¡, sanga priest of the goddess Ninisina, son of Ku-Ninisina, and another overseer of the merchants, Sën-iddina[m] son of à  ÃÂrum-bÃÂn[i]. The Uruk List of Kings and Sages records that "during the reign of Abë-eà ¡uḫ, the king, Gimil-Gula and Taqis-Gula were the scholars.".