Zababa-shuma-iddin
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Zababa-šuma-iddina was the 35th and next to last king of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty of Babylon, who reigned for just one year, c. 1158 BC. He was without apparent ties to the royal family and there is
Detail from unfinished kudurru found at Susa
Marduk-apla-iddina I
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Marduk-apla-iddina I, contemporarily written in cuneiform as 𒀭𒀫𒌓𒌉𒍑𒋧𒈾 ᵈAMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM-na and meaning in Akkadian: "Marduk has given an heir", was the 34th Kassite king of Babylon c. 1171–1159 BC. H
Zababa-shuma-iddin
…uncertainty concerning the circumstances of his coming to power. A late Assyrian tablet provides a prophetic narrative and suggests it was his predecessor Marduk-apla-iddina I, who did indeed reign for 13 years, and who was overthrown by the Elamites, perhaps combining the two sequential reigns into a single individual: A…
Kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina I
Detail from a kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina I.
Male head from Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, reign of Marduk-apla-iddina I. Iraq Museum.