Enlil-nādin-apli, "Enlil (is) giver of an heir," reigned 1099–1096 BC, was the 5th king of the 2nd dynasty of

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, and the 4th dynasty of

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. He was the son and successor of Nabu-kudurri-usur''King List C'', 5. and was toppled by a revolt led by his uncle, Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē.

Biography

There are few contemporary artifacts attesting to his brief rule. A

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dagger is inscribed with his name and title. A

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records the outcome of an inquiry instigated by the king in his 4th year into the ownership of a plot of land claimed by a temple estate. Ekarra-eqisha and Eanna-šuma-iddina, the governors of Bit-Sin-magir and Sealand respectively, were charged with the investigation which upheld a claim based on the actions of an earlier king Gulkišar who had “drawn for Nanshe, his divine mistress, a land boundary.” It contains perhaps the earliest example of a ''Distanzangaben'' statement recording that 696 years had elapsed between Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur (Enlil-nadin-apli's father) and Gulkišar, the 6th king of the 1st Dynasty of the Sealand, a contemporary of Samsu-ditāna. A second undated kudurru is reckoned to be from this period, that of Gula-eresh (pictured), because the same governor of Sealand, Eanna-šuma-iddina, also appears on it, this time granting 5 kur of land to his servant. It is particularly noteworthy for the exuberance of its curses: The ''Walker Chronicle''''Walker Chronicle'', BM 27796, 19-21 (reconstructed). tells of his campaign against Assur and his subsequent overthrow, “Enlil-nādin-apli, son of Nabû-kudurrī]-uṣur, marched to Assur to conquer (it). arduk-nādin-aḫḫē, brother of Nbû-kudurrī-uṣur, and the nobles rebelled against him and; Enlil-nādin-apli returned to his land and his city. They

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d him with the s ord”

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