Itti-Marduk-balatu (king)
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Itti-Marduk-balāṭu,Itti]-(ilu)Marduk-balâṭu. “with Marduk (there is) life,” ca. 1140–1132 BC, was the 2nd king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin
that ruled over Babylon
and son of its founder, Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu
. He is thought to be the first of the dynasty actually to rule from the city of Babylon.
, the 6th king ca. 1099-1082 BC, although this part of the text has since crumbled away. An inscriptionVS I 112. gives him some unusual titles, including šar šarr[i], king of kings, migir il[ῑ], favorite of the gods, and šakkanak bāb[ili], viceroy of Babylon, and includes the epithet of nibītu, chosen, of Anum and Dagan in the royal titulary.
There are five extant economic tablets dated to his reign and these include the disposition of grain from the fields after harvest in his first year, provisions for the royal stables and officials located in the town of Dūr-Sumulael on the Imgur Ishtar canal near Babylon, hire paid for rented asses (2 tablets) and an inventory of slaves and their families also in his first year. There is a black diorite tabletBM 91015, BBSt. No. XXX. dated to his reign which is engraved on both sides by the scribe Bau-akhu-iddina, the son of Sin-b[el-ki]tti, the seer, with a copy of a deed recording the sale of certain arable land and gardens in the neighborhood of Bit-Udashi, Bit-Sapri, and Bit-Naniauti, by [Eulmash]-dinanni, the son of Sin-epiri.
Like his father before him, he made incursions into Assyria. The Elamites, under their king Shilhak-Inshushinak, the brother of Kutir-Nahhunte, raided repeatedly into Mesopotamia up to the Tigris and as far north as Nuzi around this period.
Isin
Isin was an ancient city-state of lower Mesopotamia about 20 miles south of Nippur at the site of modern Ishan al-Bahriyat in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.-History:...
that ruled over 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...
and son of its founder, Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu
Marduk-kabit-ahheshu
Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu, "Marduk is the most important among his brothers", ca. 1157–1140 BC, was the founder of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin, which was to rule Babylon until around 1025 BC. He apparently acceded in the aftermath of the Elamite overthrow of the Kassite Dynasty. His name and length of reign...
. He is thought to be the first of the dynasty actually to rule from the city of Babylon.
Biography
He reigned for 8 years according to the King List CKing List C, ii 18. The King List AKing List A, BM 33332 iv 2. records 6 years and the Synchronistic King ListSynchronistic King List, Assur 14616c, ii, 18. inserts someone with this name after Marduk-nādin-aḫḫēMarduk-nadin-ahhe
Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē,mdmar-duk-nādin-áḫḫēmeš ca. 1099-1082 BC, was the 6th king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin and the 4th Dynasty of Babylon.Babylonian King List C, line 6...
, the 6th king ca. 1099-1082 BC, although this part of the text has since crumbled away. An inscriptionVS I 112. gives him some unusual titles, including šar šarr[i], king of kings, migir il[ῑ], favorite of the gods, and šakkanak bāb[ili], viceroy of Babylon, and includes the epithet of nibītu, chosen, of Anum and Dagan in the royal titulary.
There are five extant economic tablets dated to his reign and these include the disposition of grain from the fields after harvest in his first year, provisions for the royal stables and officials located in the town of Dūr-Sumulael on the Imgur Ishtar canal near Babylon, hire paid for rented asses (2 tablets) and an inventory of slaves and their families also in his first year. There is a black diorite tabletBM 91015, BBSt. No. XXX. dated to his reign which is engraved on both sides by the scribe Bau-akhu-iddina, the son of Sin-b[el-ki]tti, the seer, with a copy of a deed recording the sale of certain arable land and gardens in the neighborhood of Bit-Udashi, Bit-Sapri, and Bit-Naniauti, by [Eulmash]-dinanni, the son of Sin-epiri.
Like his father before him, he made incursions into Assyria. The Elamites, under their king Shilhak-Inshushinak, the brother of Kutir-Nahhunte, raided repeatedly into Mesopotamia up to the Tigris and as far north as Nuzi around this period.