Shirikti-shuqamuna
| Širikti-šuqamuna | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
| Reign | c.981 BC |
| Predecessor | Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur I |
| Successor | Mar-biti-apla-usur Dynasty ofElam |
| House | Bῑt-Bazi Dynasty |
Širikti-šuqamuna,inscribed phonetically incuneiformmši-rik-ti-dšu-qa-mu-nuand meaning “gift of (the god) Šuqamuna”,c.981 BC, succeeded his fellow “son of Bazi,”Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur I,as 3rd king of the Bῑt-Bazi or 6th Dynasty ofBabylonand exercised the kingship for just 3 months, an insufficient time to merit an official regnal year.[1]
Biography[edit]
He was the last monarch of the Bīt-Bazi dynasty, which had reigned for 20 years 3 months according to theKing List A,[i 1]and a contemporary of the Assyrian kingAššur-rabi II,[i 2]c.1012–971 BC. He was named for theKassite godof war and of the chase,Šuqamuna, one of the two (with Šumalia)associated with the investiture of kings.[2]TheChronicle Concerning the Reign ofŠamaš-šuma-ukin,[i 3]a text containing disconnected passages from writing boards, names him as a brother of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, which is probably an error for the Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur whom he succeeded.[3]A person with this name (which appears no where else) appears as thešakin bāb ekalli,palace gate officer, and beneficiary of a land grant on akudurru[i 4]but this was during the reign ofMarduk-šāpik-zēri,some eighty years and ten reigns previously.[4]
TheDynastic Chronicle[i 5]records that he was interred in a palace.
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References[edit]
- ^J. A. Brinkman (1968).A political history of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C.Analecta Orientalia. p. 164.
- ^Friedrich Delitzsch (Jan 1885). "The Religion of the Kassites".Hebraica.1(3): 189–191.JSTOR527374.
- ^J. A. Brinkman (1982). "Babylonia, c. 1000 – 748 B.C.". In John Boardman; I. E. S. Edwards; N. G. L. Hammond; E. Sollberger (eds.).The Cambridge Ancient History (Volume 3, Part 1).Cambridge University Press. p. 297.
- ^F. Reschid; C. Wilcke (1975). "Ein 'Grenzstein' aus dem ersten (?) Regierungsjahr des Königs Marduk-šāpik-zēri".Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie.65(1): 34–62.
