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In the Old Babylonian Period, while Marduk is acknowledged to be the ruler of the people, [24] there is no evidence that Hammurabi or his successors promoted Marduk at the expense of other gods. [25] Enlil was still recognized as the highest authority, and Marduk was far from being the pantheon head, [ 26 ] instead appearing to be a mediator ...
Though classical authors such as Berossus wrote that Labashi-Marduk was just a child when he became king, Babylonian documents indicate that he had been in charge of his own affairs before his rise to the throne, suggesting he was an adult, though possibly still relatively young. Labashi-Marduk's reign was very short, lasting only one to three ...
Uballissu-Marduk, inscribed ú-ba-lí-su-d AMAR.UTU, meaning “Marduk has kept him alive,” was a Babylonian accountant (niğkas) who rose to the rank of administrator (sanqu) in the Kassite government of Kurigalzu II, ca. 1332-1308 BC short chronology, whose principal sources are his two cylinder seals which detail his religious affiliations and his illustrious genealogy.
Amel-Marduk (Babylonian cuneiform: Amēl-Marduk, [1] meaning "man of Marduk"), [1] also known as Awil-Marduk, [2] or under the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach [1] (Biblical Hebrew: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ , ʾĔwīl Mərōḏaḵ), was the third emperor of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 562 BCE until his overthrow and murder in 560 BCE.
Documents surviving from his reign date only as late as his sixth year [i 4] and include his repair of the E-zida temple at Borsippa, [i 5] where he credited the god Enlil with raising him to kingship despite recording this in an inscription wholly dedicated to Marduk. [3] There is evidence of thriving commerce in woolen garments with Assyrian ...
Marduk-šāpik-zēri, inscribed in cuneiform d AMAR.UTU-DUB-NUMUN or phonetically -ša-pi-ik-ze-ri, and meaning “Marduk (is) the outpourer of seed”, reigned c. 1077–1065 BC, was the 7th king of the 2nd dynasty of Isin and 4th dynasty of Babylon and he ruled for thirteen years. [i 2] His relationship with his predecessor, Marduk-nādin ...
Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, inscribed md AMAR.UTU-TI-su-iq-bi [i 2] or md SID-TI-zu-DUG 4, [i 3] meaning "Marduk has promised his life," [1]: 205 was the 8th king of the Dynasty of E of Babylon; he was the successor of his father Marduk-zākir-šumi I, and was the 4th and final generation of Nabû-šuma-ukin I's family to reign.
He is known from a single economic text [i 1] from the southern city of Udāni dated to his accession year (MU.SAG.NAM.LUGAL).This city was a satellite cultic center to Uruk, of uncertain location but possibly near Marad, later to be known as Udannu, associated with the deities d IGI.DU (the two infernal Nergals) and Bēlet-Eanna (associated with Ištar). [3]