The Battle of Dur-Papsukkal in
814 BC
Events
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was fought by the
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
n king
Shamshi-Adad V
Shamshi-Adad V ( akk, Šamši-Adad) was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. He was named after the god Adad, who is also known as Hadad.
Family
Shamshi-Adad was a son and successor of King Shalmaneser III, the husband of Queen Shammuramat (by ...
against the
Babylonian king
Marduk-balassu-iqbi
Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, inscribed mdAMAR.UTU-TI''-su-iq-bi''Kudurru AO 6684 in the Louvre, published as RA 16 (1919) 126 iv 17. or mdSID-TI-''zu''-DUG4,''Synchronistic King List'' fragment, Ass 13956dh (KAV 182), iii 13. meaning "Marduk has promised ...
, some
Elamite allies,
and few
Aramean
The Arameans ( oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; syc, ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, Ārāmāyē) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. The Aramean ...
tribes settled in
Babylonia.
After quelling internal rebellions, King Shamshi-Adad V undertook a series of campaigns against Babylonia.
After capturing and spoiling several cities, he marched upon the royal city of Dur-Papsukkal.
[RIMA 3 A.0.103 iv 22b-45] According to Shamshi-Adad V's own inscriptions, he took the city after his troops slayed 13.000 soldiers.
Afterwards, he looted its treasures and captured the palace women before razing and burning it.
Babylonian Chronicles
The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. They are thus one of the first steps in the development of ancient historiography. The Babylonian Chronicles were written in Babylonian cuneiform, f ...
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Babylonian King Marduk-balassu-iqbi did not arrive in time to save the city and, with his allied forces of Chaldeans, Elamites, Kassites and Arameans, faced the Assyrians near the city. Shamshi-Adad V claimed victory. This battle marked the limit of their advance on Babylonian lands for the year. He did not subdue Marduk-balassu-iqbi until the following year.
Classical sources
* Babylonian Chronicles
The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. They are thus one of the first steps in the development of ancient historiography. The Babylonian Chronicles were written in Babylonian cuneiform, f ...
Synchronic Chronicle
(ABC 21/CM 10)
* The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods Vol 3 (RIMA)
References
9th century BC
Dur-Papsukkal
Dur-Papsukkal
Dur-Papsukkal
9th-century BC in Assyria
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