southern border of Media, in that period, is named as the Elamite region of Simaški in present-day Lorestan Province. To the west and northwest, Media was
individual who according to a document from the Ur III period hailed from Šimaški, has been proposed. Sons of Humbaba A reference to "seven sons of Humbaba"
of Iran List of monarchs of Persia Sumerian: 𒈗𒂊𒋛𒈦𒄀𒆠, romanized: Šimaški, lit. 'Kings of the country of Simashgi'; transliterated: lugal-e-ne si-mash-giki;
Urbillum, governor of Ham(a)zi and Karahar, general of NI.HI, general of Simaški and the land of Karda, his servant, built for him his Girsu temple" While
"Dual power in Susa: Chronicle of a transitional period from Ur III via Šimaški to the Sukkalmas." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies