Kandalanu

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Kandalanu (* 666 BC at the latest; † 627/626 BC) ruled from 648 to 627/626 BC. As the Babylonian king. The Nippur region , which remained under Assyrian direct administration, was an exception .

Reign

In the Uruk Chronicle, 21 years of reign are given for him. His accession year (648/647 BC) is to be equated with the 20th year of the reign of the Šamaš-šuma-ukin . Kandalanu succeeded Šamaš-šuma-ukin, whose revolt was put down by the Assyrian king Aššur-bani-apli . The Kandalanu's parents are unknown. There is no evidence in any cuneiform source that Aššur-bani-apli was appointed King of Babylon, but he is unlikely to have ruled without his consent.

Kandalanu's first year of reign began on Nisannu 1, 647 BC. BC (March 27th). Kandalanu was considered the king of Babylon in both Babylon and Uruk. In Nippur, on the other hand, it was stated in royal documents up to 631 BC. Chr. Aššur-bani-apli called as king of Babylonia, who apparently did not exercise any rule over the other areas of Babylonia.

In the cuneiform tablet BM 35115 is the report on the lunar eclipse from 23/24. May 632 BC In his 16th year of reign. In addition, another preserved source could be found that he proclaimed the leap month Ululu II in his 19th year of reign (629/628 BC) . Otherwise, little is known about its activities.

After his death in the 21st year of reign (627/626 BC) unrest broke out again in Babylonia. Assyria tried to take advantage of this situation and advanced with its army, but could not achieve any resounding success. Further attempts to place Babylonia under Assyrian rule in the long term are not documented. In the Nippur region, under Sin-šumu-lišir , the successor to the Assyrian king Aššur-bani-apli, Babylonian revolts against the Assyrian rule broke out there. The Babylonian Chronicle recorded no direct successor for the other areas of Babylonia and named the following year a year without a king .

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  1. ↑ a b Date in the Julian calendar system .
  2. ^ Hermann Hunger: Lunar and Planetary Texts . P. 395.
  3. ^ Richard Anthony Parker , Waldo H. Dubberstein: Babylonian Chronology 626 BC-AD 75 . Brown University Press, Rhode Island 1956, p. 4.
predecessor Office successor
Šamaš-šuma-ukin King of Babylonia
648–627 BC Chr. 		Sin-šumu-lišir
personal data
SURNAME Kandalanu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Babylonian king
DATE OF BIRTH before 667 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 627 BC Chr.