Sword of the King of Marduk, Shabek Ziri
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Sword of the King of Babylon (Marduk Shabak-Ziri 1082 - 1069 BC), made of bronze, found in the city of Babylon. On the bottom of the handle is a cuneiform inscription that says: “Marduk Shabak-Ziri, King of the World” / Displayed in the Royal Ontario Museum - Canada
Marduk Shabek Ziri (whose name is Amar Utu Dub Nomun and is also called Sha Beyik Zi Re, which means the righteous one from the seed of Marduk). He ruled from 1082-1069 BC. He was the seventh king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and the Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled for 13 years. His relations with the king Murdoch's successor, Nadine Ahi, is not exactly known.
One of the most important works of this king was that he renovated the Isida Temple in Borsippa and presented golden votive offerings to the temples of Ur, Nippur, and other cities, and rebuilt the inner wall of Babylon, as it was also stated in his writing on a foundation cylinder, that he: “...conquered... Land kings. During his reign, the people of the land enjoyed prosperity, and he concluded a friendly agreement with Ashurbel-Kala, King of Assyria...........
This king was succeeded by Marduk Nadin Ahi, who may have been his father or brother, after he was killed in a battle against the Assyrians and after the Assyrians overthrew the Kassite kingdom of Kardonyash in Aqarquf. In his time, the war began between the Arameans and the Assyrians. Marduk Shabek Ziri allied with the Arameans and achieved several victories, and this is according to what A Babylonian Chaldean astrologer says this to Esarhaddon, whose name was Bel-Usheb, as he mentioned to Esarhaddon that all the kingdoms would be in the hands of Esarhaddon, as happened with Marduk Shabek-Ziri, but some historians doubted that this person was Marduk Shabek-Ziri and that he might be Nebuchadnezzar I.
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