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Nabu-suma-ukin II

FieldValue
nameNabû-šuma-ukîn II
titleKing of Babylon
reign732 BC
predecessorNabû-nādin-zēri
successorNabû-mukin-zēri
royal houseDynasty of *E*

Nabû-šuma-ukîn II, inscribed m[d]Nabû-šuma-úkîn**Kinglist A, BM 33332, iv 5. or mŠuma-[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 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 Assyrian 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 Chaldean 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 in 703 BC and Nergal-ušezib by Mušezib-Marduk in 692 BC.

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References

References

  1. A. K. Grayson. (1975). "Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles". J. J. Augustin.
  2. J. A. Brinkman. (1968). "A political history of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C.". Analecta Orientalia.
  3. J. A. Brinkman. (1984). "Prelude to Empire: Babylonian Society and Politics, 747-626 B.C.". Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund.
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