Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur

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Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur ( Oh Mār-bīti protect the heir ) (reign from 983 to 977 BC) was a king of the so-called Elamite dynasty, which ruled Babylon . He was the sole ruler of this dynasty.

The name "Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur" is Akkadian , which could indicate that he was a Babylonian. He did, however, claim to have an Elamite ancestor, perhaps even an Elamite king. In the Dynastic Chronicle he is referred to as the "distant (?) Descendant of Elam". Otherwise there are no Elamite rulers with a Semitic oneNames so that the Elamite derivation of Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur appears obscure. Despite claiming to be of Elamite descent, his rule was still legitimate. There are no recorded signs that he was viewed as a foreign ruler. He is listed in later chronicles and, like other Babylonian rulers, was also buried in the palace of Sargon. This is recorded in the Dynastic Chronicle , which gives the burial places of many kings of Babylon. Once an event from his fourth year of reign is recorded in the New Babylonian Chronicle without further details being known. Otherwise almost nothing is known of Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur. Four arrowheads with his name that are now in a collection inTehran , come from the art market and appeared there together with objects from Luristan . On them, Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur is called the king of the world . It is doubtful that the ruler ruled Elam or had any connection with Luristan. According to the synchronous king list he was contemporary of the Assyrian king Aššur-reš-iši II .

With Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur ends a period in the history of Babylon in which numerous briefly reigning kings were on the throne.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JA Brinkman: A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 BC (= Analecta Orientlalia . Volume 43). Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Rome 1968, p. 165.
  2. ^ André Lemaire, Baruch Halpern: The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception. Brill, Leiden / Boston 2010, ISBN 978-9-004-17729-1 , p. 175; English translation: ABC 18 (Dynastic Chronicle)
  3. ↑ Brinkman: A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia , p. 166. Brinkman wonders if the entry mentions that New Year was not celebrated that year.
  4. ^ Daniel T. Potts: The Archeology of Elam. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-56358-5 , p. 262.
  5. ^ Brinkman: A Political History of Post-Kassite , p. 166.
predecessor Office successor
Širikti-Šuqamuna King of Babylonia
983–977 BC Chr. 		Nabû-mukīn-apli
personal data
SURNAME Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Babylonian king
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 10th century BC Chr.