Arda-Mulissu

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Arda-Mulissu (Biblical Adramelech ) was a son of Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba , who is said to have led a conspiracy leading to the murder of his father in 681/680 BC. Have led. The reason for the parricide is assumed that he did not agree with the preference given to his younger half-brother Aššur-aḫḫe-iddinas .

literature

  • WR Mayer, Sennacherib and Babylon. The statesman and general in the mirror of his Babylonia policy , in M. Dietrich / O. Loretz (ed.), Vom Alten Orient zum Alten Testament , Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1995, p. 326 f.
personal data
SURNAME Arda-Mulissu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adramelech
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Sîn-aḫḫe-eribas
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.