| Marduk-balāssu-iqbi | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
 Kudurru of Adad-eṭir, mentioning a Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, a 9th century BC monument.[i 1] | |
| Reign | Late 9th century BC |
| Predecessor | Marduk-zakir-šumi I |
| Successor | Baba-aha-iddina |
| House | Dynasty of E (mixed dynasties) |
Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, inscribed mdAMAR.UTU-TI-su-iq-bi[i 2] or mdSID-TI-zu-DUG4,[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 was contemporary with his father's former ally, Šamši-Adad V of Assyria, who may have been his brother-in-law, who was possibly married to his (Marduk's) sister Šammu-ramat, the legendary Semiramis, and who was to become his nemesis.
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- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1968). A Political History of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C. (AnOr. 43). Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. pp. 205–210, 351–352.