Nabû-nādin-zēri, inscribed
m sup>d''Na'''bû-nādìn-zēri'' in the ''King List A'',
[''Kinglist A'', BM 33332 iv.] the only place his full name is given, and ''Na-di-nu'' or ''Na-din'' in the ''Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin'' known as ''Chronicle 1'',
[Chronicle 1, I 13–15.] was the 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 ...
(733-732 BC), son and successor of
Nabû-Nasir (747-734 BC). The Ptolemaic Canon gives his name as Νάδιος or Νάβιος, similar to the Chronicle version of his name.
Biography
His accession followed shortly after the first incursions of the newly emboldened
Neo-Assyrian
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history and the final and greatest phase of Assyria as an independent state. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew t ...
state. He was one of the kings who were contemporary with
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III, 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 ...
n king who would later (729 BC) go on to conquer Babylon. In the second year of his reign, he was toppled and killed (''dīk'') in an insurrection led by a provincial official (''bēl pīḫati'') named
Nabû-šuma-ukīn, who in turn was to retain the throne for little more than one month. There are no known texts from his reign. The overthrow of his dynasty and its replacement by a usurper may have provided Tukultī-apil-Ešarra with the excuse to invade.
Inscriptions
References
{{Babylonian kings
8th-century BC Babylonian kings
8th-century BC rulers