Kaššu-nādin-aḫi | |
King of Babylon | |
Reign: | 1003–1001 BC |
Predecessor: | Ea-mukin-zēri |
Successor: | Eulmaš-šākin-šumi Bῑt-Bazi Dynasty |
Royal House: | 2nd Sealand Dynasty |
Kaššu-nādin-aḫi or -aḫḫē, mBI(=kaš)-šú-u-MU-ŠEŠ,[1] “(the) Kassite (god) gives (a) brother(s),” was the 3rd and final king of the 2nd Sealand Dynasty of Babylon, 1003–1001 BC. His brief three-year reign was marked by distressed times. There was a 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.[2] [3]
The Kassite derived theophoric element (dKaššû = “the Kassite (god)”) in his name is the only, rather tenuous, reference to the earlier dynasty,[4] 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.[5] The Synchronistic King List[6] records his Assyrian 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.[5] There are currently no other inscriptions extant attesting to his rule,[7] apart from the passing mention of his woes on the Sun God Tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina[8] and a single inscription on a Lorestān bronze spear head.[9]