Kindattu

The Lament for Ur, commemorating the fall of Ur to the Elamites. Louvre Museum. Kindattu (, ki-in-da-tu, also Kindadu; died 2001 BC) was the 6th king of the Shimashki Dynasty, in Elam (in present-day southwest Iran), at the time of the third dynasty of Ur in ancient Lower Mesopotamia.

He is mentioned in the Shilhak-Inshushinak list of kings who did work on the Inshushinak temple in Susa. Apparently, Kindattu invaded and conquered Ur c. 2004 BC, and captured Ibbi-Sin, the last of the third dynasty of Ur, and made him a prisoner.

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.