Adad-apla-iddina

Adad-apla-iddina
King of Babylon
Reignc. 1064–1043 BC[a]
PredecessorMarduk-šapik-zeri
SuccessorMarduk-aḫḫe-eriba
House2nd Dynasty of Isin

Adad-apla-iddina, typically inscribed in cuneiform mdIM-DUMU.UŠ-SUM-na, mdIM-A-SUM-na[b] or dIM-ap-lam-i-din-[nam][2] meaning the storm god “Adad has given me an heir”,[3] was the 8th king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin and the 4th Dynasty of Babylon and ruled c. 1064–1043. He was a contemporary of the Assyrian King Aššur-bêl-kala and his reign was a golden age for scholarship.

  1. ^ Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2018). A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75. Pondicherry: Wiley. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-1405188999.
  2. ^ J. A. Brinkman, V. Donbaz (1974). "A Cylinder Fragment of Adad-apla-iddina". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 26 (3): 157. doi:10.2307/1359270. JSTOR 1359270. S2CID 164056584.
  3. ^ J. A. Brinkman (1998). "Adad-apla-iddina". In K. Radner (ed.). The prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian empire, vol. 1, part 1: A. Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 22.


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