Marduk-zakir-shumi I

Marduk-zâkir-šumi I
King of Babylon
Marduk-zakir-shumi I, on the Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III at the Iraq Museum
Reign	c. 855 – 819 BC
Predecessor	Nabû-apla-iddina
Successor	Marduk-balāssu-iqbi
House	Dynasty of E

Marduk-zâkir-šumi (inscribed ^mdAMAR.UTU-za-kir-MU in a reconstruction of two kinglists,^{[i 1][i 2]} 'Marduk pronounced the name',^[1]) was a king of Babylon from 855 to 819 BC during the mixed dynastic period referred to in antiquity as the dynasty of E. He was a contemporary of the Assyrian kings, Salmānu-ašarēdu III (commonly known as Shalmaneser III)^{[i 3]} (859–824 BC) and Šamši-Adad V (824–811 BC) with whom he was allied.^{[i 4]}

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