Kaššu-nādin-aḫi or -aḫḫē, ^mBI(=''kaš'')''-šú-u-''MU- ŠEŠ,''Babylonian King List A'', BM 33332, iii 8. “(the) Kassite (god) gives (a) brother(s),” was the 3rd and final king of the 2nd Sealand Dynasty of

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, 1003–1001 BC. His brief three-year reign was marked by distressed times. There was a

famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenom ...

so severe that it caused the suspension of the regular food and drink offerings at the Ebabbar, or ''white house'', temple of

Šamaš Shamash (Akkadian language, Akkadian: ''šamaš''), also known as Utu (Sumerian language, Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian Solar deity, sun god. He was believed to see everything that happened in t ...

Sippar Sippar (Sumerian language, Sumerian: , Zimbir) (also Sippir or Sippara) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river. Its ''Tell (archaeology), tell'' is located at the site of modern Tell ...

.The ''Sun God Tablet'', BM 91000 i 24–28.

Biography

The

Kassite The Kassites () were a people of the ancient Near East. They controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire from until (short chronology). The Kassites gained control of Babylonia after the Hittite sack of Babylon in 1531 B ...

derived

theophoric A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that de ...

element (^dKaššû = “the Kassite (god)”) in his name is the only, rather tenuous, reference to the earlier dynasty, and may not be indicative of any actual affiliation so much as emulation of their longevity and presumed legitimacy. He was the son of a certain SAPpaia, who is otherwise unknown.''Dynastic Chronicle'' (ABC 18), v 7. The ''Synchronistic King List''''Synchronistic King List'' iii 4 and ''Synchronistic KL Fragment'' (KAV 182 iii 1 (restored)). records his

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 ...

n contemporary as Aššur-nāsir-apli, 1050 to 1031 BC, but this is unlikely. The period of his reign falls midway through that of Aššur-rabi II, 1013 to 972 BC. Although the '' Dynastic Chronicle'' records he was interred in a palace, its name is not preserved. There are currently no other inscriptions extant attesting to his rule, apart from the passing mention of his woes on the ''Sun God Tablet'' of

Nabu-apla-iddina Nabû-apla-iddina (inscribed md''Nábû-ápla-iddina''na''Synchronistic History'', tablet K4401a (ABC 21), iii 22–26. or md''Nábû-apla-íddina'';''Synchronistic Kinglist'' fragments VAT 11261 (KAV 10), ii 8, and Ass. 13956dh (KAV 182), iii 11. ...

and a single inscription on a

Lorestān bronze Luristan bronzes (rarely "Lorestān", "Lorestāni" etc. in sources in English) are small casting, cast objects decorated with bronze sculpture from the Early Iron Age which have been found in large numbers in Lorestān Province and Kermanshah i ...

spear head.

Inscriptions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashshu-nadin-ahi 11th-century BC kings of Babylon