Ninurta-apla-X was a 9th/8th century BC king of
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
during the period of mixed dynasties known as the dynasty of ''E''. The name as currently given is based upon a 1920s reading that is no longer supported by direct evidence as the document from which it was derived is now too badly damaged to discern the characters proposed.
Biography
His most recent predecessor known by name was
Baba-aḫa-iddina, whose reign ended perhaps around twelve years earlier. During the interregnum there was no king for several years.
[Chronicle 24 r 8.] The only records of events during this period come from the chronicles of 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 A ...
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eponym dating system The Eponym dating system was a calendar system for Assyria, for a period of over one thousand years. Every year was associated with the name, an eponym, of the Limmu, the official who led that year's New Year festival.
The dating system is thought ...
. These record that
Šamši-Adad V’s seventh campaign was against Babylonia. His successor,
Adad-nirari III
Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Note that this assumes that the longer version of the Assyrian Eponym List, which has an additional eponym for Adad-nirari III, is the correct one. For the shorter eponym ...
, initially campaigned in the west
[Stele, BM 131124.] but during 802 BC the chronicle records “to the sea,” thought to be Sealand of southern Mesopotamia. In 795 and 794 BC he campaigned in
Dēr.
The ''Synchronistic History''
[''Synchronistic History'' (ABC 21), K4401a + Rm 854.] ended with his reign and records:
Ninurta-apla-X’s successor was the similarly obscure king,
Marduk-bēl-zēri.
Inscriptions
References
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8th-century BC Babylonian kings
8th-century BC rulers