Mar-biti-apla-usur
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Mâr-bîti-apla-uṣur,Chronicle 24:16 dmār-a-bīti-[àp]la-úṣur. 983-978 BC, was the sole king of Babylon’s short-lived 7th or Elamite Dynasty.Babylonian Kinglist A, BM 33332, iii 14. According to the Synchronistic King List,Synchronistic King List iii 8 and fragments KAV 10 ii 2 + KAV 182 iii 5. he was a contemporary of Assyria
n king Aššur-reš-iši II
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and he was described as a remote descendant of Elam
šà-bal-bal [libir(?) NIM-]MA-KI. in the Dynastic ChronicleDynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), column v lines 13 to 15. Despite his ancestry, he does not seem to have been regarded as a foreign interloper by later ages. It records that he was buried in the palace of Sargonina É-GAL LUGAL(-)GI-NA qebir. and that his rule was for six years. The Eclectic ChronicleEclectic Chronicle (ABC 24) tablet BM 27859 line 16. records his fourth year but the event is not preserved. It may be concerning the suspension of the Akitu
festival due to Aramean incursions, as this is the typical subject of the chronicle.
Four bronze arrowheads from Luristan have been recovered inscribed with his name and the royal title šar kiššati, “king of the world.” They are now held as part of the Iranian Lorestān bronze collection.
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...
n king Aššur-reš-iši II
Ashur-resh-ishi II
Ashur-resh-ishi II was King of Assyria for five years. He succeeded his long-reigning father Ashur-rabi II in 972 and reigned until his death in 967 BC, when he was succeeded by his son, Tiglath-Pileser II. Little is known about his reign, which was a time of political eclipse for Assyria...
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Biography
The circumstances surrounding the fall of the previous (Bazi) dynasty and his ascendancy are unknown. His name was AkkadianAkkadian language
Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate...
and he was described as a remote descendant of 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...
šà-bal-bal [libir(?) NIM-]MA-KI. in the Dynastic ChronicleDynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), column v lines 13 to 15. Despite his ancestry, he does not seem to have been regarded as a foreign interloper by later ages. It records that he was buried in the palace of Sargonina É-GAL LUGAL(-)GI-NA qebir. and that his rule was for six years. The Eclectic ChronicleEclectic Chronicle (ABC 24) tablet BM 27859 line 16. records his fourth year but the event is not preserved. It may be concerning the suspension of the Akitu
Akitu
Akitu was a spring festival in ancient Mesopotamia....
festival due to Aramean incursions, as this is the typical subject of the chronicle.
Four bronze arrowheads from Luristan have been recovered inscribed with his name and the royal title šar kiššati, “king of the world.” They are now held as part of the Iranian Lorestān bronze collection.