| Burna-Buriaš II | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
.jpg) Seal dedicated to Burna-Buriash II.[1] | |
| Reign | 27 regnal years 1359–1333 BC |
| Predecessor | Kadašman-Enlil I |
| Successor | Kara-ḫardaš Nazi-Bugaš(usurper) Kurigalzu II |
| Spouse | Muballitat-Sherua |
| Issue | Kara-ḫardaš Kurigalzu II? |
| House | Kassite |
Burna-Buriaš II was a Kassite king of Karduniaš (Babylon) in the Late Bronze Age, ca. 1359–1333 BC,[2] where the Short and Middle chronologies have converged. The proverb "the time of checking the books is the shepherds' ordeal" was attributed to him in a letter to the later king Esarhaddon from his agent Mar-Issar.[3]
- ^ Ancient Seals of the East. 1940. p. 29.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1977). "Appendix: Mesopotamian Chronology of the Historical Period". In A. Leo Openheim (ed.). Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. University of Chicago Press. p. 338.
- ^ K. Fabritius (1999). K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part II: B–G. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 354.