Šagarakti-šuriaš

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Shagarakti-Shuriash ( sa-ga-rak-ti sur-ia-aš , Šagarakti-Šurijāš, Schagarakti-Schuriasch ) was the son of I. Kudur-Enlil 1245-1233 v. A king of Babylonia from the Kassite dynasty.

A copy of a lapis lazuli seal from Šagarakti-Šurijāš has come down to us from Aššur . It bore the inscription "Seal of Šagarakti-Šurijāš, King of All". After Tukultī-Ninurta I had captured it, he had it provided with the corresponding inscription: " Tukultī-Ninurta , king of all, son of Sulmānu-ašarēd , king of Assyria. Loot from Babylon ". The seal was subsequently returned to Babylonia as a gift and was finally captured again by Sennacherib in New Assyrian times. Cassitic lapis lazuli seals were also discovered in Thebes , Greece

Domination

Šagarakti-Šurijāš was probably a minor when he came to the throne. Few reports have come down to us from his government. According to economic texts from Nippur, however, Babylonia seems to have found itself in economic difficulties, with numerous citizens entering into debt bondage . On his death after twelve years of reign, he left behind a minor son Kaštiliaš IV , who was easy prey of the Assyrian aggression.

buildings

Šagarakti-Šurijāš built numerous temples, including in Dur Kurigalzu , Nippur and, according to an inscription by Nabonid , the Ebabbar and the Eulmaš temple in Sippar . The gods Nušku and Enlil , the empire god of the late Kassites, seem to have been particularly close to his heart.

Surname

According to the Babylonian-Kassite dictionary, Šagarakti can be translated as napšaru, Šurijāš probably corresponds to the sun god Šamaš . Jaritz therefore wants to equate a king Ātanaḫ-Šamaš documented from Dur Kurigalzu with Šagarakti-Šuriaš. Of this, however, at least 15 years of government are occupied.

literature

  • Elena Cassin : Babylonia under the Kassites and the Middle Assyrian Empire. (= Fischer World History Volume III. Alter Orient II), Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / Main.
  • JA Brinkman: Materials and studies for Kassite history. Volume 1: A catalog of cuneiform sources pertaining to specific monarchs of the Kassite dynasty. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 1976.
  • Kurt Jaritz: The Kassite King Ātanaḫ-Šamaš. In: Journal of Semitic Studies 1957/2, 321–326.

Individual evidence

  1. RIMA 1, A.0.78.28
  2. Betina Faist : The long-distance trade of the Assyrian Empire between the 14th and 11th centuries before Christ. AOAT 265, Münster, Ugarit Verlag 2001, 222
  3. Edith Porada , Archive for Orient Research 28, 1981/82, 68–79
predecessor Office successor
Kudur-Enlil I. King of Babylon
1245–1233 BC Chr.
Kaštiliaš IV.