Kashshu-nadin-ahi

Kaššu-nādin-aḫi or -aḫḫē, ^mBI(=kaš)-šú-u-MU-ŠEŠ,^{[i 1]} “(the) Kassite (god) gives (a) brother(s),” was the 3^rd and final king of the 2^nd Sealand Dynasty of Babylon, ca 1006–1004 BC. His brief three-year reign was marked by distressed times and famine so severe that it caused the suspension of the regular food and drink offerings at the Ebabbar, or white house, temple of Šamaš in Sippar.^{[1][i 2]}

Biography

The Kassite derived theophoric element (^dKaššû = “the Kassite (god)”) in his name is the only, rather tenuous, reference to the earlier dynasty,^[2] 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.^{[i 3]} The Synchronistic King List^{[i 4]} records his Assyrian contemporary as Aššur-nāsir-apli, ca. 1050 to 1031 BC, but this is unlikely. The period of his reign falls midway through that of Aššur-rabi II, ca. 1013–972 BC.

Although the Dynastic Chronicle records he was interred in a palace, its name is not preserved.^{[i 3]} There are currently no other inscriptions extant attesting to his rule,^[3] apart from the passing mention of his woes on the Sun God Tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina^[4] and a single inscription on a Lorestān bronze spear head^[5]

Inscriptions

1. ↑ Babylonian King List A, BM 33332, iii 8.
2. ↑ The Sun God Tablet, BM 91000 i 24–28.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), v 7.
4. ↑ Synchronistic King List iii 4 and Synchronistic KL Fragment (KAV 182 iii 1 (restored)).

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