Amēl-Marduk
Amēl-Marduk ( lu- d amar.ud ; also Nabû-šuma-ukîn ; † 560 BC ) was the son and successor of King Nebuchadnezzar II from 562 BC. BC to 560 BC Chr. Babylonian king. Before that he changed as Nabû-šuma-ukîn in the month of Ululu of the year 566 BC. His name on Amēl-Marduk (man of Marduk ) .
Reign
The first order as king comes from his accession year (October 8, 562 BC); 561 BC Began his first year of reign. His last pronouncement dates from his second year of reign (August 7, 560 BC). Otherwise little is known about him. A leap month in the Babylonian calendar is not documented during his reign. After almost two years of reign, he was killed by his brother-in-law Nergal-šarra-uṣur , who succeeded him on the throne.
In the Bible he is under the name "Ewil-Merodach" ( Hebrew אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ 'äwîl mərodakh ) known. There is described that Amel-Marduk in his accession year on 27 Addaru (1.-2 April 561st v. Chr.) King Jehoiachin of Judah in the 37th year since its by Babylon led deportation pardoned and it, now about 55 Turned old, created an honorable position at court ( 2 Kings 25.27 EU ).
See also
literature
- Irving Finkel: The Lament of Nabû-šuma-ukîn . In: Johannes Renger: Babylon: Focus on Mesopotamian history, cradle of early learning, myth in the modern age (2nd International Colloquium of the German Orient Society, March 24-26, 1998 in Berlin) . Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1999, ISBN 3-930843-54-4 , pp. 323–341.
- Franz Heinrich Weißbach : Amel-Marduk . In: Dietz-Otto Edzard u. a .: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 1 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-11-004451-X , p. 94.
Web links
Remarks
- ^ Richard Anthony Parker , Waldo H. Dubberstein: Babylonian Chronology 626 BC - AD 75 . Brown University Press, Rhode Island 1956, pp. 5-6.
- ↑ Date in the Julian calendar system according to Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - ; Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4.5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 .
- ↑ In the Babylonian Chronicle the date is noted: "In the seventh year of the reign of Nabu-kudurri-usur, on the 2nd Addaru [...] he captured King Jehoiachin". The second Addaru of the seventh year of the reign fell on the period from the evening of March 15 to the evening of March 16 of the year 597 BC. (Date in the Julian calendar system).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II. Nebuchadnezzar II. |
King of Babylonia 562-560 BC Chr. |
Nergal-šarra-uṣur Neriglissar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amēl-Marduk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amel-Marduk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Babylon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 560 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Babylon |