Kaštiliaš IV.

Kaštiliaš IV. (Kashtiliash) was from 1232 to 1225 BC. King of Babylonia and the last ruler of the first Kassite dynasty. He was probably still a minor when his father and predecessor Šagarakti-šuriaš died. From his reign there are two royal inscriptions, land donation deeds, approx. 170 economic texts, etc. a. from Dur Kurigalzu and Ur and four consecration texts.

Tukulti-Ninurta I of Aššur invaded Babylon, which was economically weakened, took the king prisoner in open battle and brought him in chains to the Aššur temple . The campaign against and the eventual victory of Tukulti-Ninurta over the king of the Kassites is described in the so-called Tukulti-Ninurta epic .

Tukulti-Ninurta installed the Assyrian Enlil-nadin-šumi as governor of Babylon, who soon rebelled. Tukulti-Ninurta then destroyed the walls of Babylon and sacked the temples of Esagila , the Marduk statue was brought to Assyria. After this victory, Tukulti-Ninurta called himself "King of the Four Worlds", King of Sumer and Akkad and King of Karduniaš , i.e. of Babylonia. The following Assyrian governors are listed in the Babylonian sources under Kassite names.

Around 1216 BC Adad-šuma-usur , a son of Kaštiliaš IV., Came to the throne of Babylon, which he held until 1187 BC. Could hold. He presumably had the assistance of Kidin-Hutran of Elam .

literature

• Albert T. Olmstead : Kashshites, Assyrians, and the Balance of Power. The American Journal of Semitic Languages ​​and Literatures 36/2, (1920), pp. 120-153.
• John A. Brinkman: Materials and Studies for Kassite History, vol. I. Chicago, 1976.

predecessor	Office	successor
Šagarakti-šuriaš	King of Babylonia 1232–1225 BC Chr.	Enlil-nādin-šumi (Assyrian governor)