Ninurta-apla-X was a 9th/8th century BC king of
Babylon
Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...
during the period of mixed dynasties known as the dynasty of ''E''. The name as currently given is based upon a 1920s reading that is no longer supported by direct evidence as the document from which it was derived is now too badly damaged to discern the characters proposed.
Biography
His most recent predecessor known by name was
Baba-aḫa-iddina, whose reign ended perhaps around twelve years earlier. During the interregnum there was no king for several years.
[Chronicle 24 r 8.] The only records of events during this period come from the chronicles of the
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
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eponym dating system
In the history of Assyria, the eponym dating system was a calendar system for Assyria, for a period of over one thousand years. Every year was associated with the name, an eponym, of the Limmu, the official who led that year's New Year festival. ...
. These record that
Šamši-Adad V’s seventh campaign was against Babylonia. His successor,
Adad-nirari III
Adad-nīrārī III (also Adad-nārārī, meaning "Adad (the storm god) is my help") was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC.
Family
Adad-nīrārī was a son and successor of king Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of hi ...
, initially campaigned in the west
[Stele, BM 131124.] but during 802 BC the chronicle records "to the sea," thought to be Sealand of southern Mesopotamia. In 795 and 794 BC he campaigned in
Dēr.
The ''Synchronistic History''
[''Synchronistic History'' (ABC 21), K4401a + Rm 854.] ended with his reign and records:
Ninurta-apla-X's successor was the similarly obscure king,
Marduk-bēl-zēri.
Inscriptions
References
{{Babylonian kings
8th-century BC kings of Babylon