Marduk-ahhe-eriba
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Marduk-aḫḫē-erība, "Marduk has replaced the brothers,” ca. 1046 BC, ruled as 9th king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin
and the 4th Dynasty of Babylon
, but only for around 6 months.The Kinglist A, iii 2 gives 1 year 6 months together with the beginning of his name, mdŠÚ-ŠEŠ- According to the Synchronistic KinglistSynchronistic Kings List A.117, excavation reference Assur 14616c, ii 22. he was a contemporary of the Assyria
n king Aššur-bêl-kala
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, or gray limestone boundary marker, in a private collection in Istanbul, which records a land grant to a certain Kudurrâ, a “Ḫabiru” and servant of the king, in a region of northern Babylonia called Bīt-Piri’-Amurru. The term Ḫabiru may represent a socio-economic rather than ethnic designation as the name Kudurrâ is possibly not linguistically of semitic
derivation. The field was surveyedTermed rēš eqli našû, to lift the head of the field. by a diviner, a scribe named Nabû-ēriš the son of (i.e. descendant of) Arad-Ea, an administrator and a mayor.
It has been suggested that he is the 5th king represented in the Prophecy AObverse ii 19. by the single line, “A prince will arise, and his days will be short. He will not rule in the land.”This is a late Assyrian tablet found at Assur and first published in 1923, which narrates a sequence of 12 Babylonian kings.
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:...
and the 4th Dynasty 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...
, but only for around 6 months.The Kinglist A, iii 2 gives 1 year 6 months together with the beginning of his name, mdŠÚ-ŠEŠ- According to the Synchronistic KinglistSynchronistic Kings List A.117, excavation reference Assur 14616c, ii 22. he was a contemporary of the Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n king Aššur-bêl-kala
Ashur-bel-kala
Ashur-bel-kala was King of Assyria from 1074 to 1056 BC. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I and succeeded after the brief reign of his brother, Asharid-apal-Ekur. After a 18 years reign, he prematurely died and was buried in the city of Ashur.He was succeeded by his son, Eriba-Adad...
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Biography
The only contemporary source is a kudurruKudurru
Kudurru was a type of stone document used as boundary stones and as records of land grants to vassals by the Kassites in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 12th centuries BCE. The word is Akkadian for "frontier" or "boundary"...
, or gray limestone boundary marker, in a private collection in Istanbul, which records a land grant to a certain Kudurrâ, a “Ḫabiru” and servant of the king, in a region of northern Babylonia called Bīt-Piri’-Amurru. The term Ḫabiru may represent a socio-economic rather than ethnic designation as the name Kudurrâ is possibly not linguistically of semitic
Semitic
In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages...
derivation. The field was surveyedTermed rēš eqli našû, to lift the head of the field. by a diviner, a scribe named Nabû-ēriš the son of (i.e. descendant of) Arad-Ea, an administrator and a mayor.
It has been suggested that he is the 5th king represented in the Prophecy AObverse ii 19. by the single line, “A prince will arise, and his days will be short. He will not rule in the land.”This is a late Assyrian tablet found at Assur and first published in 1923, which narrates a sequence of 12 Babylonian kings.