Kadašman-Buriaš, meaning “my trust is in the (
Kassite storm-god) Buriaš,” was the governor of the
Babylon
Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...
ian province of
Dūr-Kurigalzu possibly late in the reign of
Marduk-šāpik-zēri, who ruled ca. 1082–1069 BC. He was reportedly captured and deported during a campaign conducted by the
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
n king
Aššur-bel-kala during 1070 B.C.
Biography
Although he bore a
Kassite name, which features on a Kassite-Babylonian name list, his father was
Itti-Marduk-balāṭu, inscribed
KI-˹
dAMAR˺.
small>UTU˹
TI˺.
LA, an individual with a rather common Babylonian moniker. The only current extant source attesting to him is the “Broken Obelisk” which is usually attributed to Aššur-bel-kala, which describes his campaign during the
eponym year of Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu, thought to be in his fourth year. It recalls: “In the same year (''ina šattimma šiāti''), in the month Šebat, the chariots and … went from Inner City (of
Assur
Aššur (; AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; ''Āšūr''; ''Aθur'', ''Āšūr''; ', ), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Midd ...
) and conquered the cities …-indišulu and …-sandu, cities which are in the district Dūr-Kurigalzu.”
Adad-apla-iddina
Adad-apla-iddina, typically inscribed in cuneiform mdIM- DUMU.UŠ-SUM''-na'', mdIM-A-SUM''-na'' or dIM''-ap-lam-i-din-'' 'nam''meaning the storm god “Adad has given me an heir”, was the 8th king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin and the 4th Dynasty ...
, as the king who was subsequently installed by Aššur-bel-kala, also has his father given as Itti-Marduk-balāṭu in the ''
Eclectic Chronicle
The Eclectic Chronicle, referred to in earlier literature as the ''New Babylonian Chronicle'', is an ancient Mesopotamian account of the highlights of Babylonian history during the post- Kassite era prior to the 689 BC fall of the city of Babylon. ...
'', leaving the intriguing possibility that he was a brother of the former governor.
Some of the late 19th and early 20th century scholarly works erroneously give Kadašman-Buriaš as the name of the Kassite king
Kadašman-Enlil II.
References
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Kassite people