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Zimredda (Sidon mayor), also Zimr-Edda or Zimr-Eddi was the mayor of Siduna, (modern Sidon) in the mid 14th century BC. His name means, "Protection/Protector" Hadad, "(My) protector (is) Hadad", "The protector is Hadad", "Protector-Hadad", etc. He is mentioned in several of the Amarna letters, in the late Rib-Hadda series, and later. He authored letters EA 144–45 ( EA for 'el Amarna').
Zimredda of Siduna-Sidon, is the only mayor of Siduna in the 1350– 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, (15–20 year) time period.
Zimredda of Sidon's name is referenced in 10 Amarna letters, with 3 from the Rib-Hadda series-(+Rib-Hadda EA 92, entitled: "Some help from the Pharaoh"-(calling mayors to assist Rib-Hadda), as the "King of Siduna"), 5 from Abimilku of Tyre, also his own letters. (He is the major subject of half of Abimilku's letters to pharaoh.)
The Abimilku letters reference Zimredda of Siduna as one of his major enemies in the groups against Abimilku.
Zimredda (Lachish mayor) was the mayor of Lachish in the mid 14th century BC. He is mentioned in the Amarna letters, and is the author of EA 329, ( EA for 'el Amarna'). Only two other references are made to "Zimredda of Lakiša"–(Lachish) in the corpus. He is part of the subject of letter EA 333, titled: '' "Plots and disloyalty" ''. His death is reported in EA 288 by Abdi-Heba–(letter no. 4 of 6), at the hands of the Habiru.
In the Amarna letters correspondence, from 1350- 1335 BC, the other mayor of Lakiša was Šipti-Ba'lu, author of letters EA 330-332.
Zimredda, or Zimreddi (plural) may refer to:
- Zimredda (Lachish mayor), Amarna letters mayor and author of one letter
- Zimredda (Sidon mayor), Amarna letters mayor and author of two letters; he is part of the subject of the later Rib-Hadda letters, and figures subsequently