Kadašman-Enlil II.

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Kadašman-Enlil II. (Also Kadaschman-Enlil II., Kadaschman-Ellil , d EN.LÍL), son of Kadašman-Turgu , was from 1263 to 1255 BC. A king of Babylonia from the Kassite (Kaššu) dynasty.

Dating

The reign of this king is poorly documented in the Babylonian king list. Lehmann-Haupt suggested 14 years, Rowton thinks a reading of 15 or 16 is more likely. A cuneiform tablet from Ur (U 6 48), which presumably refers to Kadašman-Enlil II, names the 14th and 15th year of the king's reign.

government

Kadašman-Enlil was still a minor at the death of his father Kadašman-Turgu, so that the reš šarri Marduk-balāṭu temporarily reigned.

The young king also enjoyed the support of Hattušili III. von Hatti , with whom his father had concluded a corresponding agreement. However, Kadašman-Enlil did not respond to his royal brother's letters, under the pretext that the routes between the two kingdoms along the Euphrates were threatened by the predatory Ahlamu ( Arameans ?). Hattušili suspects the evil influence of the grand vizier Marduk-balāṭu, whom Cassin, because of his name, considers to be a native Babylonian. In a letter to the king of Hatti, Kadašman-Enlil demands the extradition of robbers who murdered Babylonian citizens on a trade mission to Amurru and Ugarit , as well as the punishment of a certain Banti-šinni ( Bentešina ), an Amurru ruler who lived in Babylon Area had invaded. It is not known whether these requests were successful.

From other letters it is recorded that the king was a great fan of hunting. He seems to have greatly upgraded Babylon , at least Hattušili notes that there are “more horses than straw” in Babylon.

literature

  • Elena Cassin : Babylonia under the Kassites and the Middle Assyrian Empire . In: Elena Cassin u. a .: From the Paleolithic to the middle of the 2nd millennium - Vol. 2: The ancient oriental empires - . Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-50730-8 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lehmann-Haupt : Two main problems of the ancient oriental chronology , Leipzig 1898, p. 224 ff.
  2. ↑ Michael B. Rowton: The Background of the Treaty between Ramesses II. And Hattušiliš III . Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13/1, 1959, 5
  3. ↑ Michael B. Rowton: The Background of the Treaty between Ramesses II. And Hattušiliš III . Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13/1, 1959, note 24
predecessor Office successor
Kadašman-Turgu King of Babylon
1263–1255 BC Chr. 		Kudur-Enlil I.
personal data
SURNAME Kadašman-Enlil II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kadashman-Ellil II .; ͩͩͩͩEN.LÍl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kassite king of Babylon
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 13th century BC Chr.