Marduk-kabit-ahheshu
Encyclopedia
Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu, "Marduk
is the most important among his brothers", ca. 1157–1140 BC, was the founder of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin
, which was to rule Babylon
until around 1025 BC. He apparently acceded in the aftermath of the Elam
ite overthrow of the Kassite
Dynasty. His name and length of reign are most clearly ascertained from the Babylonian King List CBabylonian King List C. which gives 18 years for his rule.King List A ii 17, only gives 17 years.
as the seat of their rule was elsewhere. He should not be confused with the Middle- Assyrian scribe of the same name who authored two documentsKAR 24 and AfO TV [1927] 71-73. in the library of Tukultī-apil-Ešarra
around 30 years later.
His Elam
ite contemporary was probably Shilhak-Inshushinak I, the brother and successor of Kutir-Nahhunte II. In a series of campaigns he seems to have driven out the Elamite hordes. Whether there was an Elamite interregnum between the fall of the previous dynasty and the resumption of local rule or whether there was an overlap with the previous Kassite dynasty has not been determined. The Babylonian tradition has his succession following seamless after that of the last Kassite king, but this is unlikely. After seeing off the Elamites, he turned his attention to Assyria
and the north, capturing the city of Ekallatum.
The dynasty marks the transcendence of the cult of Marduk
, 6 of the 11 kings of the dynasty were to include his name as a theophoric element, and he was to become entrenched as the supreme deity of the pantheon. He was succeeded by his son, Itti-Marduk-balāṭu.
Marduk
Marduk was the Babylonian name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi , started to...
is the most important among his brothers", ca. 1157–1140 BC, was the founder of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin
Isin
Isin was an ancient city-state of lower Mesopotamia about 20 miles south of Nippur at the site of modern Ishan al-Bahriyat in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.-History:...
, which was to rule Babylon
Babylon
Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
until around 1025 BC. He apparently acceded in the aftermath of the Elam
Elam
Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq...
ite overthrow of the Kassite
Kassites
The Kassites were an ancient Near Eastern people who gained control of Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire after ca. 1531 BC to ca. 1155 BC...
Dynasty. His name and length of reign are most clearly ascertained from the Babylonian King List CBabylonian King List C. which gives 18 years for his rule.King List A ii 17, only gives 17 years.
Biography
The name of the dynasty, BALA PA.ŠE, is a wordplayA paronomasia. on the term išinnu, “stalk,” written as PA.ŠE and is the only apparent reference to the actual city of IsinIsin
Isin was an ancient city-state of lower Mesopotamia about 20 miles south of Nippur at the site of modern Ishan al-Bahriyat in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.-History:...
as the seat of their rule was elsewhere. He should not be confused with the Middle- Assyrian scribe of the same name who authored two documentsKAR 24 and AfO TV [1927] 71-73. in the library of Tukultī-apil-Ešarra
Tiglath-Pileser I
Tiglath-Pileser I was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian period . According to Georges Roux, Tiglath-Pileser was "one of the two or three great Assyrian monarchs since the days of Shamshi-Adad I"...
around 30 years later.
His Elam
Elam
Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq...
ite contemporary was probably Shilhak-Inshushinak I, the brother and successor of Kutir-Nahhunte II. In a series of campaigns he seems to have driven out the Elamite hordes. Whether there was an Elamite interregnum between the fall of the previous dynasty and the resumption of local rule or whether there was an overlap with the previous Kassite dynasty has not been determined. The Babylonian tradition has his succession following seamless after that of the last Kassite king, but this is unlikely. After seeing off the Elamites, he turned his attention to Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
and the north, capturing the city of Ekallatum.
The dynasty marks the transcendence of the cult of Marduk
Marduk
Marduk was the Babylonian name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi , started to...
, 6 of the 11 kings of the dynasty were to include his name as a theophoric element, and he was to become entrenched as the supreme deity of the pantheon. He was succeeded by his son, Itti-Marduk-balāṭu.