About Marduk-bel-zeri
Marduk-bel-zeri was a sovereign.
Marduk-bēl-zēri, inscribed in cuneiform as dAMAR.UTU.EN.NUMUN or mdŠID.EN. and meaning 'Marduk (is) lord of descendants (lit. seed)', was one of the kings of Babylon during the turmoil following the Assyrian invasions of Šamši-Adad V (ca. 824 – 811 BC). He is identified on a Synchronistic King List fragment
Biography He is known from a single economic text The document records the parts of a chariot including the wagon pole (mašaddu) which had been entrusted by Belšunu, the šangû or chief administrator of Udāni to the temple of dIGI.DU (Igišta, Palil?).
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Who was Marduk-bel-zeri?
king of Babylon
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Marduk-bel-zeri was a sovereign.
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Marduk-bel-zeri's recorded nationality: Babylon.
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