Meli-Sipak

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Kudurru of the Meli-Schipak

The Kassite king Meli-Šipak (Me-li- d Ši-ḪU, man of Šipak , also read Meli-Šiḫu , man of Šiḫu) ruled from about 1186 BC. BC to 1171 BC As king of Babylon . According to the Babylonian king list, he was the 33rd king of the Kassite dynasty. His father was King Adad-šuma-uṣur , his son and successor Marduk-apla-iddina I.

Domination

Meli-Šipak ruled for 15 years. It is also attested by brick inscriptions from Nippur . An administrative text comes from Assur which mentions his name. After that he had sent teams of horses, blankets and other presents to Assur. This points to friendly relations with the Assyrian king Ninurta-apil-ekur , who lived in exile in Babylon.

Two building inscriptions (only one in a late copy), a dedicatory inscription, six kudurri (boundary stones), ten economic texts and an omen have come down to us from his reign . A clay tablet dating from the second year of Meli-Šipak's reign was found in Emar . Meli-Sipak transferred entire villages and the labor of their inhabitants, as evidenced by Kudurri.

Meli-Šipak's reign is considered relatively peaceful. According to a neo-Babylonian text (VAT 17020), his eldest daughter was married to the Elamite ruler Šutruk-Nahhunte II . The name of the daughter Ḫunnubat-Nana is known from a donation of land (Kudurru from Susa ). A boundary stone tells of the allocation of land to his son and successor Marduk-apla-iddina I.

See also

literature

  • Joan Oates: Babylon , Bergisch Gladbach 1983, p. 117; 122-23, ISBN 381120727X
  • JA Brinkman, Materials and studies for Kassite history. Chicago, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 1976.

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.assur.de/Themen/Ausgrabung/Assur2001/Schriftfunde/schriftfunde.html
  2. ^ M. Astour, The Hurrian king at the siege of Emar . In: Mark W. Chavalas (Ed.), Emar, the history, religion and culture of a Syrian town in the late Bronze Age (Bethesda 1996), 25-26
  3. ↑ Kathryn E. Slanski, Classification, historiography and monumental authority: The Babylonian entitlement Narus (kudurrus). Journal of Cuneiform Studies 52, 2000, 98
predecessor Office successor
Adad-šuma-uṣur King of Babylon Marduk-apla-iddina I.
personal data
SURNAME Meli-Sipak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meli-Sihu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Babylon
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 12th century BC Chr.