Adad-apla-iddina

Adad-apla-iddina was the 8th king of the 2nd dynasty of Isin and ruled from 1068 to 1047 BC according to medium chronology . . The BC Babylonian Chronicle According to he was a usurper ; the Assyrian synchronistic chronicle , however, reports that he was married by Aššur-bel-kala to his daughter and installed as king over Babylonia. In any case, he was not a regular heir to the throne. This is also confirmed by his inscriptions in which he indicated deviating genealogies. In this respect it is also unclear whether he was of Aramaic or Babylonian descent; however, he consistently used a Babylonian title.

According to the Babylonian Chronicle, he had to contend with an uprising by the Aramaeans and an incursion by the Suteans ; in addition, it must be assumed that there were also Assyrian military actions in Babylonian territory during his reign . His inscriptions only deal with building work. So he renewed the city walls of Babylon and Kiš and restored numerous temples.

literature

• G. Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the end of the Assyrian domination (1157-612 BC) , Toronto, 1995, pp. 5-63.
• JA Brinkman, A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia 1158-722 BC , Rome, 1968, pp. 135-144.
• AK Grayson, Babylonian Historical-literary texts , Toronto, 1975, pp. 203 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Marduk-šāpik-zēri	King of Babylonia 1068-1047 BC Chr.	Marduk-aḫḫē-erība