Nabu-suma-ukin II
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Nabu-Suma-Ukin II. was the King of Babylon briefly in 732 BC. He ascended the throne after the assassination of Nabu-nadin-zeri
Nabu-nadin-zeri
Nabu-Nadin-Zeri was the King of Babylon briefly 733-732 BC. He was the son of Nabonassar and was killed during an uprising....

, but was deposed after a month of his reign by Nabu-mukin-zeri
Nabu-mukin-zeri
Nabu-mukin-zeri was the King of Babylon 732-729 BC. He was an Aramean chief who seized the throne. The Assyrians tried to bring the people to rebel against him, but they were unsuccessful. He was killed during the Assyrian siege of Babylon. .- Sources :*...

. http://books.google.cz/books?id=73Lv7DdWscsC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=%22Nab%C3%BB-Shuma-Ukin+II%22&source=bl&ots=3WCmQscMd3&sig=bMJ76xmAKKFzzxUUBnXgTWGOF00&hl=cs&ei=cqo4SpG3Komi_AbF5IDQDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5
Albert Kirk Grayson in his book "Assyrian and Babylonian" reports that this particular king is omitted from the Ptolemaic canon. http://books.google.cz/books?id=ydcGZA6k5nwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22Nab%C3%BB-Shuma-Ukin+II%22&source=bl&ots=8vdz5ce2tr&sig=hPYxHcjFaDWcyXdJ3hHHA3cDlCw&hl=cs&ei=cqo4SpG3Komi_AbF5IDQDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3

Sources

  • :fr:Nabu-Suma-Ukin II
  • Who's Who in the Ancient Near East by Gwendolyn Leick
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