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 |
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Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba Sennacherib |
King of Babylonia 703 BC Chr. |
Marduk-apla-iddina II. Merodach-Baladan |
personal data | |
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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. |