| Simbar-Šipak | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
 Part of Simbar-Šihu kudurru inscription | |
| Reign | c. 1021–1004 BC |
| Predecessor | Nabû-šuma-libūr 2nd Dynasty of Isin |
| Successor | Ea-mukin-zēri |
| House | 2nd Sealand Dynasty |
Simbar-Šipak, or perhaps Simbar-Šiḫu,[nb 1] (typically inscribed msim-bar-dši-i-ḪU or si-im-bar-ši-ḪU in cuneiform, where the reading of the last symbol is uncertain)[1]: 133 was a Babylonian king who reigned c. 1021–1004 BC.
His name means the “offspring of (the Kassite moon god) Šipak”. He founded the 2nd Dynasty of the Sealand, Babylon’s 5th Dynasty. He conducted a program of restoration of a number of temples that had been destroyed earlier by the marauding Arameans and the Sutû. His identification with the Sibir (mSi-bir) named by Ashurnasirpal II in his annals[i 1] as having earlier captured and laid waste Atlila (probably modern Bakr Awa), a city on Assyria’s eastern flank, remains unresolved.[2]
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- ^ Albrecht Goetze (1965). "An Inscription of Simbar-šīḫu". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 19 (4): 121–135. doi:10.2307/1359115. JSTOR 1359115. S2CID 164183678.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1968). A Political History of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C. (AnOr. 43). Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. pp. 150–155.
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