Appalaya
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Appalaya was "the king of the Zari people". His name is known from texts which were discovered in the acropolis of Susa
. These texts are attributed to the first quarter of the 6th century BC. This name is very similar to Aplāya, grandson of Marduk-apal-iddina II
, king of Babylon
who was deported from Elam by Humban-nikash II. It is, however, likely that his tribe was from an Aramaean or Chaldea
n origin, who were inhabitants of southwestern Khuzistan.
Susa
Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian and Parthian empires of Iran. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris River, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers....
. These texts are attributed to the first quarter of the 6th century BC. This name is very similar to Aplāya, grandson of Marduk-apal-iddina II
Marduk-apal-iddina II
Marduk-apla-iddina II was a Chaldean prince who usurped the Babylonian throne in 721 BC...
, king of Babylon
Babylon
Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
who was deported from Elam by Humban-nikash II. It is, however, likely that his tribe was from an Aramaean or Chaldea
Chaldea
Chaldea or Chaldaea , from Greek , Chaldaia; Akkadian ; Hebrew כשדים, Kaśdim; Aramaic: ܟܐܠܕܘ, Kaldo) was a marshy land located in modern-day southern Iraq which came to briefly rule Babylon...
n origin, who were inhabitants of southwestern Khuzistan.