Marduk-zakir-šumi II.

Marduk-zakir-šumi II. (Also Bel-pichati ) ruled in 703 BC. One month as the Babylonian king. Marduk-apla-iddina II revolted against him after Marduk-zakir-šumi II himself came to the throne as a usurper . Marduk-zakir-šumi II came from a powerful family. His name is documented on a kudurru twelve years older than him , in which the provincial prince of the same name Bel-pichati is mentioned, who had acquired land from Marduk-apla-iddina I.

literature

Dietz-Otto Edzard : History of Mesopotamia , Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51664-5
Francis Richard Stephenson : Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-46194-4

predecessor	Office	successor
Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba Sennacherib	King of Babylonia 703 BC Chr.	Marduk-apla-iddina II. Merodach-Baladan

personal data
SURNAME	Marduk-zakir-šumi II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bel-pichati
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Babylonian king
DATE OF BIRTH	before 703 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	703 BC Chr.