Marduk-bēl-zēri | |
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King of Babylon | |
Reign | 8th century BC |
Predecessor | Ninurta-apla-X |
Successor | Marduk-apla-uṣur |
House | Dynasty of E (mixed dynasties) |
Marduk-bēl-zēri, inscribed in cuneiform as dAMAR.UTU.EN.NUMUN [i 1] [i 2] or mdŠID.EN.[x] [i 3] and meaning ' Marduk (is) lord of descendants (lit. seed)', [1] was one of the kings of Babylon during the turmoil following the Assyrian invasions of Šamši-Adad V (ca. 824 – 811 BC). He is identified on a Synchronistic King List fragment [i 3] as Marduk-bēl]-x, which gives his place in the sequence and reigned around the beginning of the 8th century BC. He was a rather obscure monarch and the penultimate predecessor of Erība-Marduk who was to restore order after years of chaos. [2]
He is known from a single economic text [i 1] from the southern city of Udāni dated to his accession year (MU.SAG.NAM.LUGAL). This city was a satellite cultic center to Uruk, of uncertain location but possibly near Marad, later to be known as Udannu, associated with the deities dIGI.DU (the two infernal Nergals) and Bēlet-Eanna (associated with Ištar). [3] The document records the parts of a chariot including the wagon pole (mašaddu) which had been entrusted by Belšunu, the šangû or chief administrator [4] of Udāni to the temple of dIGI.DU (Igišta, Palil?). [1] He is tentatively restored to the Dynastic Chronicle [i 2] where he is described as "a soldier" (lúaga.[úš]) but his circumstances are otherwise unknown. [5]
Marduk-bēl-zēri | |
---|---|
King of Babylon | |
Reign | 8th century BC |
Predecessor | Ninurta-apla-X |
Successor | Marduk-apla-uṣur |
House | Dynasty of E (mixed dynasties) |
Marduk-bēl-zēri, inscribed in cuneiform as dAMAR.UTU.EN.NUMUN [i 1] [i 2] or mdŠID.EN.[x] [i 3] and meaning ' Marduk (is) lord of descendants (lit. seed)', [1] was one of the kings of Babylon during the turmoil following the Assyrian invasions of Šamši-Adad V (ca. 824 – 811 BC). He is identified on a Synchronistic King List fragment [i 3] as Marduk-bēl]-x, which gives his place in the sequence and reigned around the beginning of the 8th century BC. He was a rather obscure monarch and the penultimate predecessor of Erība-Marduk who was to restore order after years of chaos. [2]
He is known from a single economic text [i 1] from the southern city of Udāni dated to his accession year (MU.SAG.NAM.LUGAL). This city was a satellite cultic center to Uruk, of uncertain location but possibly near Marad, later to be known as Udannu, associated with the deities dIGI.DU (the two infernal Nergals) and Bēlet-Eanna (associated with Ištar). [3] The document records the parts of a chariot including the wagon pole (mašaddu) which had been entrusted by Belšunu, the šangû or chief administrator [4] of Udāni to the temple of dIGI.DU (Igišta, Palil?). [1] He is tentatively restored to the Dynastic Chronicle [i 2] where he is described as "a soldier" (lúaga.[úš]) but his circumstances are otherwise unknown. [5]