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"Erra-imitti, king of the city-state of Isin in southern Iraq from 1868 to 1861 B.C., died 'after having sipped a broth that was too hot' while his substitute was still alive. So the substitute king, a gardener named Enlil-bani, continued to rule Isin until 1837 B.C."
~From "The Solar Eclipse and the Substitute King" at metmuseum.org
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