Eriba-Marduk
Erība-Marduk | |
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King of Babylon | |
Reign | ca. 769 – 761 BC |
Predecessor | Marduk-apla-uṣur |
Successor | Nabû-šuma-iškun |
House | Dynasty of E (mixed dynasties) |
Erība-Marduk, inscribed mri-ba [dAMAR.UTU],
Biography
He was described as the son or descendant of Marduk-šakin-šumi, an otherwise unknown individual who one might speculate to have been one of the five unknown kings from the earlier period of interregnum.[2] According to the Dynastic Chronicle,[i 3] Erība-Marduk was the single member of a dynasty of the Sealand (kurA.AB.BA) and succeeded Marduk-apla-uṣur, the first king clearly identified as Chaldean. He was eventually succeeded by Nabû-šuma-iškun, the sequence of these three kings confirmed by a fragment of an Assyrian Synchronistic Kinglist.[i 4] There are legal documents dated to his ninth year and to the thirteenth year of his successor, which has led historians to conclude that he must have ascended the throne by 770 BC at the latest, as his successor is known to have ruled until 748 BC.[3] The legal document[i 5] dated to his ninth year records the sale of a large expanse of grazing land, eqel ša bīt ikkari, "the field of the house of the farmer". The land apparently bordered property belonging to an Aramean sheikh, or nasīku, evidence of permanent settlement rather than opportunistic raiding by this tribal group.[4]
He participated in the
The only extant royal inscriptions from his reign are two duck-weights[i 7] endorsed by Erība-Marduk's palace administration, and a part of a solid clay cylinder[i 8] thought to be commemorating the inauguration of cultic idols, their decoration and transport upstream on the river Euphrates to Uruk.[7]
Inscriptions
- ^ Kinglist A, tablet BM 33332, iv 1.
- ^ Marduk-apla-iddina II: mu-kin išdī(suḫuš) māti(kur).
- ^ The Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), vi 3–8.
- ^ Tablet VAT 11345, published as KAV 13, ii 3'–5'.
- ^ Legal document, BM 40548.
- ^ The Eclectic Chronicle (ABC 24), BM 27859, r. 9–16.
- ^ 30 MA.NA GI.NA É.GAL eri-ba-dAMAR.UTU LUGAL TIN.TIRKI: "30 minas, correct (weight). Palace of Eriba-Marduk, King of Babylon," BM 91433 and (possibly?) BM 12118.
- ^ Cylinder MS 1846/4.
References
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1968). A political history of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C. Analecta Orientalia. pp. 221–224.
- ^ A. K. Grayson (1975). Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles. J. J. Augustin. pp. 216–217, 225.
- JSTOR 3515942.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman. "A Legal Text from the Reign of. Eriba-Marduk (ca. 775 B.C.)". In H. Behrens; M. T. Roth (eds.). Dumu-e2-dub-ba-a: Studies in Honor of Ake W. Sjöberg. University Museum, Philadelphia. pp. 37–47.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1982). "Babylonia c. 1000–748 BC". In John Boardman; I. E. S. Edwards; N. G. L. Hammond; E. Sollberger (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 3, Part 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 311.
- ^ Sidney Smith (1924). Babylonian Historical Texts Relating to the Capture and Downfall of Babylon. Taylor & Francis. p. 58.
- ^ A. R. George (2011). Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions and Related Texts in the Schøyen Collection. CDL Press. pp. 171–177.