Nabû-šuma-ukîn II, inscribed
m sup>d'Nabû-šuma-úkîn''
[''Kinglist A'', BM 33332, iv 5.] or
m''Šuma-''
'úkîn''[''Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin'' (ABC 1), i 16–18.] whose complete name is only known from the ''Kinglist A'', was a usurper and briefly 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 ...
for one month and two days during 732 BC before he was swept aside by his successor,
Nabû-mukin-zēri.
Biography
His reign was so fleeting he was omitted from the '
'Ptolemaic Canon''. His
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 contemporary was
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III who was too distracted campaigning in Syria to react to political events. He came to power as a disaffected former provincial governor leading a rebellion against
Nabû-nādin-zēri, the son and successor of
Nabû-Nasir.
He was deposed and replaced by the
Chaldea
Chaldea () was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BCE, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia. Semitic-speaking, it was ...
n chief, Nabû-mukin-zēri, of the Bīt-Amukani tribe, within weeks establishing a trend as later pretenders from the traditional Babylonian population were likewise to be displaced quickly by Chaldeans,
Marduk-zakir-šumi II by
Marduk-apla-iddina II
Marduk-apla-iddina II ( Akkadian: ; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan, also called Marduk-Baladan, Baladan and Berodach-Baladan, lit. ''Marduk has given me an heir'') was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territ ...
in 703 BC and
Nergal-ušezib by
Mušezib-Marduk in 692 BC.
Inscriptions
References
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8th-century BC Babylonian kings
8th-century BC rulers