List of kings of Babylon

The king of Babylon (Akkadian: šakkanakki Bābili, later also šar Bābili) was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon and its kingdom, Babylonia, which existed as an independent realm from the 19th century BC to its fall in the 6th century BC. For the majority of its existence as an independent kingdom, Babylon ruled most of southern Mesopotamia, composed of the ancient regions of Sumer and Akkad. The city experienced two major periods of ascendancy, when Babylonian kings rose to dominate large parts of the Ancient Near East: the First Babylonian Empire (or Old Babylonian Empire, c. 1894/1880–1595 BC) and the Second Babylonian Empire (or Neo-Babylonian Empire, 626–539 BC). Babylon was ruled by Hammurabi, who created Hammurabi's code.

King of Babylon
šakkanakki Bābili šar Bābili
Stylised version of the star of Shamash^[a]
Last native king Nabonidus 25 May 556 BC – 13 October 539 BC
Details
First monarch	Sumu-abum
Last monarch	Nabonidus (last native king) Shamash-eriba or Nidin-Bel (last native rebel) Artabanus III (last foreign ruler attested as king) Artabanus IV (last Parthian king in Babylonia)
Formation	c. 1894 BC
Abolition	539 BC (last native king) 484 BC or 336/335 BC (last native rebel) AD 81 (last foreign ruler attested as king) AD 224 (last Parthian king in Babylonia)
Appointer	Various: Election by the Babylonian priesthood or aristocracy Hereditary inheritance Usurpation/conquest of Babylon

Many of Babylon's kings were of foreign origin. Throughout the city's nearly two-thousand year history, it was ruled by kings of native Babylonian (Akkadian), Amorite, Kassite, Elamite, Aramean, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian, Greek and Parthian origin. A king's cultural and ethnic background does not appear to have been important for the Babylonian perception of kingship, the important matter instead being whether the king was capable of executing the duties traditionally ascribed to the Babylonian king: establishing peace and security, upholding justice, honouring civil rights, refraining from unlawful taxation, respecting religious traditions, constructing temples, providing gifts to the gods in the temples and maintaining cultic order. Babylonian revolts of independence during the times the city was ruled by foreign empires probably had little to do with the rulers of these empires not being Babylonians and more to do with the rulers rarely visiting Babylon and failing to partake in the city's rituals and traditions.

Babylon's last native king was Nabonidus, who reigned from 556 to 539 BC. Nabonidus's rule was ended through Babylon being conquered by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire. Though early Achaemenid kings continued to place importance on Babylon and continued using the title 'king of Babylon', later Achaemenid rulers being ascribed the title is probably only something done by the Babylonians themselves, with the kings themselves having abandoned it. Babylonian scribes continued to recognise rulers of the empires that controlled Babylonia as their kings until the time of the Parthian Empire, when Babylon was gradually abandoned. Though Babylon never regained independence after the Achaemenid conquest, there were several attempts by the Babylonians to drive out their foreign rulers and re-establish their kingdom, possibly as late as 336/335 BC under the rebel Nidin-Bel.

Introduction

Royal titles

See also: Akkadian royal titulary

 

 

 

Three different attested spellings in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian cuneiform for the title 'king of Babylon' (šar Bābili). The topmost rendition follows the Antiochus cylinder, the other two follow building inscriptions by Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC).

Throughout the city's long history, various titles were used to designate the ruler of Babylon and its kingdom, the most common titles being 'viceroy of Babylon', 'king of Karduniash' and 'king of Sumer and Akkad'.^[2] Use of one of the titles did not mean that the others could not be used simultaneously. For instance, the Neo-Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 729–727 BC in Babylon), used all three of the aforementioned titles.^[3]

• Viceroy (or governor) of Babylon (šakkanakki Bābili)^[4] – emphasises the political dominion of Babylon itself.^[2] For much of the city's history, its rulers referred to themselves as viceroys or governors, rather than kings. The reason for this was that Babylon's true king was formally considered to be its national deity, Marduk. By not explicitly claiming the royal title, Babylonian rulers thus showed reverence to the city's god.^[5] The reign of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC) has been noted as a particular break in this tradition,^[5] as he assumed the title king of Babylon (šar Bābili),^[6] which may have contributed to widespread negative reception of him in Babylonia.^[5] However, šar Bābili is recorded as being used in some inscriptions from before Sennacherib's time, such as in the inscriptions of his father and predecessor Sargon II (r. 710–705 BC in Babylon), who used it interchangeably with šakkanakki Bābili.^[4] Though Sennacherib's successors would primarily use šakkanakki Bābili,^[7] there are likewise examples of them instead using šar Bābili.^[8] The titles would also be used interchangeably by the later Neo-Babylonian kings.^[9]
• King of Karduniash (šar Karduniaš)^[10] – refers to rule of southern Mesopotamia as a whole.^[2] 'Karduniash' was the Kassite name for the Babylonian kingdom, and the title 'king of Karduniash' was introduced by the city's third dynasty (the Kassites).^[11] The title continued to be used long after the Kassites had lost control of Babylon, for instance as late as under the native king Nabu-shuma-ukin I (r. c.  900–888 BC)^[12] and the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon (r. 681–669 BC).^[7]
• King of Sumer and Akkad (šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi)^[13] – refers to rule of southern Mesopotamia as a whole.^[2] A title originally used by the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112–2004 BC), centuries prior to Babylon's foundation. The title was used by kings to connect themselves to the culture and legacy of the Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations,^[14] as well as to lay claim to the political hegemony achieved during the ancient Akkadian Empire. The title was also a geographical one, in that southern Mesopotamia was typically divided into the two regions Sumer (the south) and Akkad (the north), meaning that 'king of Sumer and Akkad' referred to rulership over the entire country.^[11] The title was used by the Babylonian kings until the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC, and was also assumed by Cyrus the Great, who conquered Babylon and ruled Babylonia until his death in 530 BC.^[15]

Role and legitimacy

The Babylonian kings derived their right to rule from divine appointment by Babylon's patron deity Marduk and through consecration by the city's priests.^[16] Marduk's main cult image (often conflated with the god himself), the statue of Marduk, was prominently used in the coronation rituals for the kings, who received their crowns "out of the hands" of Marduk during the New Year's festival, symbolizing them being bestowed with kingship by the deity.^[17] The king's rule and his role as Marduk's vassal on Earth were reaffirmed annually at this time of year, when the king entered the Esagila, Babylon's main cult temple, alone on the fifth day of the New Year's Festival each year and met with the high priest. The high priest removed the regalia from the king, slapped him across the face and made him kneel before Marduk's statue. The king would then tell the statue that he had not oppressed his people and that he had maintained order throughout the year, whereafter the high priest would reply (on behalf of Marduk) that the king could continue to enjoy divine support for his rule, returning the royal regalia.^[18] Through being a patron of Babylon's temples, the king extended his generosity towards the Mesopotamian gods, who in turn empowered his rule and lent him their authority.^[16]

Babylonian kings were expected to establish peace and security, uphold justice, honor civil rights, refrain from unlawful taxation, respect religious traditions and maintain cultic order. None of the king's responsibilities and duties required him to be ethnically or even culturally Babylonian. Any foreigner sufficiently familiar with the royal customs of Babylonia could adopt the title, though they might then require the assistance of the native priesthood and the native scribes. Ethnicity and culture does not appear to have been important in the Babylonian perception of kingship: many foreign kings enjoyed support from the Babylonians and several native kings were despised.^[19] That the rule of some foreign kings was not supported by the Babylonians probably has little to do with their ethnic or cultural background, but rather that they were perceived as not properly executing the traditional duties of the Babylonian king.^[20]

Dynasties

 

The name of Babylon's first dynasty (palû Babili, simply 'dynasty of Babylon') in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian cuneiform

As with other monarchies, the kings of Babylon are grouped into a series of royal dynasties, a practice started by the ancient Babylonians themselves in their king lists.^[21][22] The generally accepted Babylonian dynasties should not be understood as familial groupings in the same vein as the term is commonly used by historians for ruling families in later kingdoms and empires. Though Babylon's first dynasty did form a dynastic grouping where all monarchs were related, the dynasties of the first millennium BC, notably the Dynasty of E, did not constitute a series of coherent familial relationships at all. In a Babylonian sense, the term dynasty, rendered as palû or palê, related to a sequence of monarchs from the same ethnic or tribal group (i.e. the Kassite dynasty), the same region (i.e. the dynasties of the Sealand) or the same city (i.e. the dynasties of Babylon and Isin).^[22] In some cases, kings known to be genealogically related, such as Eriba-Marduk (r. c. 769–760 BC) and his grandson Marduk-apla-iddina II (r. 722–710 BC and 703 BC), were separated into different dynasties, the former designated as belonging to the Dynasty of E and the latter as belonging to the (Third) Sealand dynasty.^[23]

Sources

 

The Uruk King List, recording rulers of Babylon from Kandalanu (r. 648–627 BC) to Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC)

 

The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period, recording rulers of Babylon from Alexander the Great (r. 331–323 in Babylon) to Demetrius II Nicator (r. 145–141 BC in Babylon)

Among all the different types of documents uncovered through excavations in Mesopotamia, the most important for reconstructions of chronology and political history are king-lists and chronicles, grouped together under the term 'chronographic texts'. Mesopotamian king lists are of special importance when reconstructing the sequences of monarchs, as they are collections of royal names and regnal dates, also often with additional information such as the relations between the kings, arranged in a table format. In terms of Babylonian rulers, the main document is the Babylonian King List (BKL), a group of three independent documents: Babylonian King List A, B, and C. In addition to the main Babylonian King Lists, there are also additional king-lists that record rulers of Babylon.^[24]

• Babylonian King List A (BKLa, BM 33332)^[25] — created at some point after the foundation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Babylonian King List A records the kings of Babylon from the beginning of Babylon's first dynasty under Sumu-abum (r. c.  1894–1881 BC) to Kandalanu (r. 648–627 BC). The end of the tablet is broken off, suggesting that it originally listed rulers after Kandalanu as well, possibly also listing the kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. All dynasties are separated by horizontal lines, under which subscript records a sum of the regnal years of each dynasty, and the number of kings the dynasties produced. Written in Neo-Babylonian script.^[26]
• Babylonian King List B (BKLb, BM 38122)^[25] — date of origin uncertain, written in Neo-Babylonian script. Babylonian King List B records the kings of Babylon's first dynasty, and the kings of the First Sealand dynasty, with subscripts recording the number of kings and their summed up reigns in these dynasties. Regnal years are recorded for the kings of the first dynasty, but omitted for the kings of the Sealand dynasty. The regnal years used for the kings are inconsistent with their actual reign lengths, possibly due to the author having copied the list from a document where the years had been lost or damaged. The list records genealogical information for all but two of the kings of the first dynasty, but only for two of the kings of the Sealand dynasty. Because the document is essentially two lists for two dynasties, it is possible that it was copied and extracted from longer king lists in the late period for some unknown purpose.^[26]
• Babylonian King List C (BKLc)^[27] — a short text,^[28] written in Neo-Babylonian script.^[26] King List C is important as a source on the second dynasty of Isin, as the first seven lines of the preserved nine lines of text provide a portion of the sequence of kings of this dynasty and their dates. The corresponding section in Babylonian King List A is incompletely preserved.^[28] As the list ends with the Isin dynasty's seventh king, Marduk-shapik-zeri (r. c.  1081–1069 BC), it is possible that it was written during the reign of his successor, Adad-apla-iddina (r. c.  1068–1047 BC).^[26] Its short length and unusual shape (being curved rather than flat)^[28] means that it might have been a practice tablet used by a young Babylonian student.^[26]
• Synchronistic King List (ScKL)^[29] — a collection of individual tablets and examplars. The Synchronistic King List features two columns, and records the kings of Babylon and Assyria together, with kings recorded next to each other presumably being contemporaries. Unlike most of the other documents, this list generally omits regnal years and any genealogical information, but it also differs in including many of the chief scribes under the Assyrian and Babylonian kings. The tablet with the earliest known portion of the list begins with the Assyrian king Erishum I (uncertain regnal dates) and the Babylonian king Sumu-la-El (r. c.  1880–1845 BC). The latest known portion ends with Ashur-etil-ilani (r. 631–627 BC) in Assyria and Kandalanu in Babylon. As it is written in Neo-Assyrian script, it might have been created near the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.^[30]
• Uruk King List (UKL, IM 65066)^[27] — the preserved portion of this king list records rulers from Kandalanu in the Assyrian period to Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC) in the Seleucid period.^[27]
• Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM 35603)^[27] — written at Babylon at some point after 141 BC, recording rulers from the start of Hellenistic rule in Babylonia under Alexander the Great (r. 331–323 in Babylon),^[31] to the end of Seleucid rule under Demetrius II Nicator (r. 145–141 BC in Babylon) and the conquest of Babylonia by the Parthian Empire.^[32] Entries before Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC) and after Antiochus IV Epiphanes (r. 175–164 BC) are damaged and fragmentary.^[33]

As years in Babylon were named after the current king, and the current year of their reign, date formulas in economic, astronomical and literary cuneiform texts written in Babylonia also provide highly important and useful chronological data.^[34][35]

Kingship after the Neo-Babylonian Empire

 

Relief of Artaxerxes I of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 465–424 BC), the last of the Achaemenid kings to officially use the title 'king of Babylon'

In addition to the king lists described above, cuneiform inscriptions and tablets confidently establish that the Babylonians continued to recognise the foreign rulers of Babylonia as their legitimate monarchs after the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and throughout the rule of the Achaemenid (539–331 BC), Argead (331–310 BC), and Seleucid (305–141 BC) empires, as well as well into the rule of the Parthian Empire (141 BC – AD 224).^[36]

Early Achaemenid kings greatly respected Babylonian culture and history, and regarded Babylonia as a separate entity or kingdom united with their own kingdom in something akin to a personal union.^[17] Despite this, the Babylonians would grow to resent Achaemenid rule, just as they had resented Assyrian rule during the time their country was under the rule of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (722–626 BC).^[17] Babylonian resentment of the Achaemenids likely had little to do with the Achaemenids being foreigners, but rather that the Achaemenid kings were perceived to not be capable of executing the duties of the Babylonian king properly, in line with established Babylonian tradition. This perception then led to frequent Babylonian revolts, an issue experienced by both the Assyrians and the Achaemenids. Since the capitals of the Assyrian and Achaemenid empires were elsewhere, these foreign kings did not regularly partake in the city's rituals (meaning that they could not be celebrated in the same way that they traditionally were) and they rarely performed their traditional duties to the Babylonian cults through constructing temples and presenting cultic gifts to the city's gods. This failure might have been interpreted as the kings thus not having the necessary divine endorsement to be considered true kings of Babylon.^[37]

The standard regnal title used by the early Achaemenid kings, not only in Babylon but throughout their empire, was 'king of Babylon and king of the lands'. The Babylonian title was gradually abandoned by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (r. 486–465 BC), after he had to put down a major Babylonian uprising. Xerxes also divided the previously large Babylonian satrapy into smaller sub-units and, according to some sources, damaged the city itself in an act of retribution.^[17] The last Achaemenid king whose own royal inscriptions officially used the title 'king of Babylon' was Xerxes I's son and successor Artaxerxes I (r. 465–424 BC).^[38] After Artaxerxes I's rule there are few examples of monarchs themselves using the title, though the Babylonians continued to ascribe it to their rulers. The only known official explicit use of 'king of Babylon' by a king during the Seleucid period can be found in the Antiochus cylinder, a clay cylinder containing a text wherein Antiochus I Soter (r. 281–261 BC) calls himself, and his father Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC), by the title 'king of Babylon', alongside various other ancient Mesopotamian titles and honorifics.^[39] The Seleucid kings continued to respect Babylonian traditions and culture, with several Seleucid kings recorded as having "given gifts to Marduk" in Babylon and the New Year's Festival still being recorded as a contemporary event.^[40][41][42] One of the last times the festival is known to have been celebrated was in 188 BC, under the Seleucid king Antiochus III (r. 222–187 BC), who prominently partook in the rituals.^[42] From the Hellenistic period (i. e. the rule of the Greek Argeads and Seleucids) onwards, Greek culture became established in Babylonia, but per Oelsner (2014), the Hellenistic culture "did not deeply penetrate the ancient Babylonian culture, that persisted to exist in certain domains and areas until the 2nd c. AD".^[43]

 

Coin of Artabanus III of the Parthian Empire (r. AD 79/80–81), the last known ruler who is attested as king in Babylonian texts

Under the Parthian Empire, Babylon was gradually abandoned as a major urban centre and the old Babylonian culture diminished.^[44] The nearby and newer imperial capitals cities of Seleucia and later Ctesiphon overshadowed the ancient city and became the seats of power in the region.^[45] Babylon was still important in the first century or so of Parthian rule,^[44] and cuneiform tablets continued to recognise the rule of the Parthian kings.^[46] The standard title formula applied to the Parthian kings in Babylonian documents was "ar-ša-kâ LUGAL.LUGAL.MEŠ" (Aršakâ šar šarrāni, "Arsaces, king of kings").^[47] Several tablets from the Parthian period also in their date formulae mention the queen of the incumbent Parthian king, alongside the king, the first time women were officially recognised as monarchs of Babylon.^[48] The few documents that survive from Babylon in the Parthian period indicate a growing sense of alarm and alienation in Babylon as the Parthian kings were mostly absent from the city and the Babylonians noticed their culture slowly slipping away.^[49]

When exactly Babylon was abandoned is unclear. The Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in AD 50 that proximity to Seleucia had turned Babylon into a "barren waste" and during their campaigns in the east, Roman emperors Trajan (in AD 115) and Septimius Severus (in AD 199) supposedly found the city destroyed and deserted. Archaeological evidence and the writings of Abba Arikha (c.  AD 219) indicate that at least the temples of Babylon may still have been active in the early 3rd century.^[45] If any remnants of the old Babylonian culture still existed at that point, they would have been decisively wiped out as the result of religious reforms in the early Sasanian Empire c.  AD 230.^[50]

Due to a shortage of sources, and the timing of Babylon's abandonment being unknown, the last ruler recognised by the Babylonians as king is not known. The latest known cuneiform tablet is W22340a, found at Uruk and dated to AD 79/80. The tablet preserves the word LUGAL (king), indicating that the Babylonians by this point still recognised a king.^[51] At this time, Babylonia was ruled by the Parthian rival king (i. e. usurper) Artabanus III.^[52] Modern historians are divided on where the line of monarchs ends. Spar and Lambert (2005) did not include any rulers beyond the first century AD in their list of kings recognised by the Babylonians,^[36] but Beaulieu (2018) considered 'Dynasty XIV of Babylon' (his designation for the Parthians as rulers of the city) to have lasted until the end of Parthian rule of Babylonia in the early 3rd century AD.^[53]

Names in cuneiform

The list below includes the names of all the kings in Akkadian, as well as how the Akkadian names were rendered in cuneiform signs. Up until the reign of Burnaburiash II (r. c. 1359–1333 BC) of the Kassite dynasty (Dynasty III), Sumerian was the dominant language for use in inscriptions and official documents, with Akkadian eclipsing it under the reign of Kurigalzu II (r. c. 1332–1308 BC), and thereafter replacing Sumerian in inscriptions and documents.^[54] For consistency purposes, and because several kings and their names are known only from king lists,^[55] which were written in Akkadian centuries after Burnaburiash II's reign, this list solely uses Akkadian, rather than Sumerian, for the royal names, though this is anachronistic for rulers before Burnaburiash II.

It is not uncommon for there to be several different spellings of the same name in Akkadian, even when referring to the same individual.^[56][57] To examplify this, the table below presents two ways the name of Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC) was spelt in Akkadian (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur). The list of kings below uses more concise spellings when possible, primarily based on the renditions of names in date formulae and king lists.

Concise spelling (king lists)	Elaborate spelling (building inscriptions)
Nabû - kudurri - uṣur^[58]	Na - bi - um - ku - du - ur - ri - u - ṣu - ur^[59]

Even if the same spelling is used, there were also several different scripts of cuneiform signs: a name, even if spelt the same, looks considerably different in Old Babylonian signs compared to Neo-Babylonian signs or Neo-Assyrian signs.^[60] The table below presents different variants, depending on the signs used, of the name Antiochus in Akkadian (Antiʾukusu). The list of kings below uses Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian signs, given that those scripts are the signs primarily used in the king lists.

Date formulae (Neo-Babylonian signs)	Antiochus cylinder^[b]	Antiochus cylinder (Neo-Babylonian signs)	Antiochus cylinder (Neo-Assyrian signs)
An - ti - ʾ - i - ku - su^[62]	An - ti - ʾ - ku - us^[63]	An - ti - ʾ - ku - us^[64]	An - ti - ʾ - ku - us^[64]

Dynasty I (Amorite), 1894–1595 BC

Per BKLb, the native name for this dynasty was simply palû Babili ('dynasty of Babylon').^[65] To differentiate it from the other dynasties that later ruled Babylon, modern historians often refer to this dynasty as the 'First Dynasty of Babylon'.^[65] Some historians refer to this dynasty as the 'Amorite dynasty'^[66] on account of the kings being of Amorite descent.^[67] While the king list gives a regnal length of 31 years for the final king, Samsu-Ditana, the destruction layer at Babylon is dated to his 26th year and no later sources have been found.^[68]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Sumu-abum^[c]	Šumu-abum	c.  1894 BC	c.  1881 BC	First king of Babylon in BKLa and BKLb	^[70]
Sumu-la-El	Šumu-la-El	c.  1880 BC	c.  1845 BC	Unclear succession	^[70]
Sabium	Sabūm	c.  1844 BC	c.  1831 BC	Son of Sumu-la-El	^[70]
Apil-Sin	Apil-Sîn	c.  1830 BC	c.  1813 BC	Son of Sabium	^[70]
Sin-Muballit	Sîn-Muballit	c.  1812 BC	c.  1793 BC	Son of Apil-Sin	^[70]
Hammurabi	Ḫammu-rāpi	c.  1792 BC	c.  1750 BC	Son of Sin-Muballit	^[70]
Samsu-iluna	Šamšu-iluna	c.  1749 BC	c.  1712 BC	Son of Hammurabi	^[70]
Abi-Eshuh	Abī-Ešuḫ	c.  1711 BC	c.  1684 BC	Son of Samsu-iluna	^[70]
Ammi-Ditana	Ammi-ditāna	c.  1683 BC	c.  1647 BC	Son of Abi-Eshuh	^[70]
Ammi-Saduqa	Ammi-Saduqa	c.  1646 BC	c.  1626 BC	Son of Ammi-Ditana	^[70]
Samsu-Ditana	Šamšu-ditāna	c.  1625 BC	c.  1595 BC	Son of Ammi-Saduqa	^[70]

Dynasty II (1st Sealand), 1725–1475 BC

See also: First Sealand dynasty

Both BKLa and BKLb refer to this dynasty as palû Urukug ('dynasty of Urukug'). Presumably, the city of Urukug was the dynasty's point of origin. Some literary sources refer to some of the kings of this dynasty as 'kings of the Sealand', and thus modern historians refer to it as a dynasty of the Sealand. The designation as the first Sealand dynasty differentiates it from Dynasty V, which the Babylonians actually referred to as a 'dynasty of the Sealand'.^[65] This dynasty overlaps with Dynasty I and Dynasty III, with these kings actually ruling the region south of Babylon (the Sealand) rather than Babylon itself.^[22] For instance, the king Gulkishar of this dynasty was actually a contemporary of Dynasty I's last king, Samsu-Ditana.^[71] It is possible that the dynasty was included in Babylon's dynastic history by later scribes either because it controlled Babylon for a time, because it controlled or strongly influenced parts of Babylonia or because it was the most stable power of its time in Babylonia.^[72] The dates listed below are highly uncertain, and follow the timespan listed for the dynasty in Beaulieu (2018), c. 1725–1475 BC, with the individual dates based the lengths of the reigns of the kings, also as given by Beaulieu (2018).^[73]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Ilum-ma-ili	Ilum-ma-ilī	c.  1725 BC	??	Unclear succession	^[74]
Itti-ili-nibi	Itti-ili-nībī	??		Unclear succession	^[74]
...^[d]	— ^[e]	??		Unclear succession	^[75]
Damqi-ilishu	Damqi-ilišu	[26 years(?)]		Unclear succession	^[74]
Ishkibal	Iškibal	[15 years]		Unclear succession	^[74]
Shushushi	Šušši	[24 years]		Brother of Ishkibal	^[74]
Gulkishar	Gulkišar	[55 years]		Unclear succession	^[74]
^mDIŠ-U-EN^[f]	[Uncertain reading]	??		Unclear succession	^[74]
Peshgaldaramesh	Pešgaldarameš	c.  1599 BC	c.  1549 BC	Son of Gulkishar	^[74]
Ayadaragalama	Ayadaragalama	c.  1548 BC	c.  1520 BC	Son of Peshgaldaramesh	^[74]
Akurduana	Akurduana	c.  1519 BC	c.  1493 BC	Unclear succession	^[74]
Melamkurkurra	Melamkurkurra	c.  1492 BC	c.  1485 BC	Unclear succession	^[74]
Ea-gamil	Ea-gamil	c.  1484 BC	c.  1475 BC	Unclear succession	^[74]

Dynasty III (Kassite), 1729–1155 BC

See also: Kassite dynasty

The entry for this dynasty's name in BKLa is lost, but other Babylonian sources refer to it as palû Kaššī ('dynasty of the Kassites').^[76] The reconstruction of the sequence and names of the early rulers of this dyansty, the kings before Karaindash, is difficult and controversial. The king lists are damaged at this point and the preserved portions seem to contradict each other: for instance, BKLa has a king in-between Kashtiliash I and Abi-Rattash, omitted in the Synchronistic King List, whereas the Synchronistic King List includes Kashtiliash II, omitted in BKLa, between Abi-Rattash and Urzigurumash. It also seems probable that the earliest kings ascribed to this dynasty in king lists did not actually rule Babylon, but were added as they were ancestors of the later rulers.^[77] Babylonia was not fully consolidated and reunified until the reign of Ulamburiash, who defeated Ea-gamil, the last king of the first Sealand dynasty.^[71]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Gandash	Gandaš	c.  1729 BC	c.  1704 BC	Unclear succession	^[78]
Agum I	Agum	c.  1703 BC	c.  1682 BC	Son of Gandash	^[78]
Kashtiliash I	Kaštiliašu	c.  1681 BC	c.  1660 BC	Son of Agum I	^[78]
...^[g]	— ^[h]	c.  1659 BC	??	Unclear succession	^[78]
Abi-Rattash	Abi-Rattaš	??		Son of Kashtiliash I	^[80]
Kashtiliash II	Kaštiliašu	??		Unclear succession	^[80]
Urzigurumash	Ur-zigurumaš	??		Descendant of Abi-Rattash (?)^[i]	^[80]
Agum II^[j]	Agum-Kakrime	??		Son of Urzigurumash	^[80]
Harba-Shipak	Ḫarba-Šipak	??		Unclear succession	^[80]
Shipta'ulzi	Šipta’ulzi	??		Unclear succession	^[80]
...^[k]	— ^[l]	??		Unclear succession	^[82]
Burnaburiash I	Burna-Buriaš	c.  1530 BC	c.  1500 BC	Unclear succession, earliest Kassite ruler confidently attested as ruling Babylon itself	^[83]
Ulamburiash	Ulam-Buriaš	[c.  1475 BC]		Son of Burnaburiash I (?), reunified Babylonia through defeating Ea-gamil, the last king of the first Sealand dynasty	^[84]
Kashtiliash III	Kaštiliašu	??		Son of Burnaburiash I (?)	^[80]
Agum III	Agum	??		Son of Kashtiliash III	^[80]
Kadashman-Sah^[m]	Kadašman-Saḫ	??		Unclear succession, co-ruler with Agum III?	^[86]
Karaindash	Karaindaš	[c.  1415 BC]		Unclear succession	^[80]
Kadashman-Harbe I	Kadašman-Ḫarbe	[c.  1400 BC]		Son of Karaindash (?)	^[87]
Kurigalzu I	Kuri-Galzu	??		Son of Kadashman-harbe I	^[80]
Kadashman-Enlil I	Kadašman-Enlil	c.  1374 BC	c.  1360 BC	Son of Kurigalzu I (?)^[n]	^[80]
Burnaburiash II	Burna-Buriaš	c.  1359 BC	c.  1333 BC	Son of Kadashman-Enlil I (?)	^[80]
Kara-hardash	Kara-ḫardaš	c.  1333 BC	c.  1333 BC	Son of Burnaburiash II (?)	^[80]
Nazi-Bugash	Nazi-Bugaš	c.  1333 BC	c.  1333 BC	Usurper, unrelated to other kings	^[80]
Kurigalzu II	Kuri-Galzu	c.  1332 BC	c.  1308 BC	Son of Burnaburiash II	^[80]
Nazi-Maruttash	Nazi-Maruttaš	c.  1307 BC	c.  1282 BC	Son of Kurigalzu II	^[80]
Kadashman-Turgu	Kadašman-Turgu	c.  1281 BC	c.  1264 BC	Son of Nazi-Maruttash	^[80]
Kadashman-Enlil II	Kadašman-Enlil	c.  1263 BC	c.  1255 BC	Son of Kadashman-Turgu	^[80]
Kudur-Enlil	Kudur-Enlil	c.  1254 BC	c.  1246 BC	Son of Kadashman-Enlil II	^[80]
Shagarakti-Shuriash	Šagarakti-Šuriaš	c.  1245 BC	c.  1233 BC	Son of Kudur-Enlil	^[80]
Kashtiliash IV	Kaštiliašu	c.  1232 BC	c.  1225 BC	Son of Shagarakti-Shuriash	^[80]
Enlil-nadin-shumi^[o]	Enlil-nādin-šumi	c.  1224 BC	c.  1224 BC	Unclear succession	^[80]
Kadashman-Harbe II^[o]	Kadašman-Ḫarbe	c.  1223 BC	c.  1223 BC	Unclear succession	^[80]
Adad-shuma-iddina^[o]	Adad-šuma-iddina	c.  1222 BC	c.  1217 BC	Unclear succession	^[80]
Adad-shuma-usur	Adad-šuma-uṣur	c.  1216 BC	c.  1187 BC	Son of Kashtiliash IV (?)	^[80]
Meli-Shipak	Meli-Šipak	c.  1186 BC	c.  1172 BC	Son of Adad-shuma-usur	^[80]
Marduk-apla-iddina I	Marduk-apla-iddina	c.  1171 BC	c.  1159 BC	Son of Meli-Shipak	^[80]
Zababa-shuma-iddin	Zababa-šuma-iddina	c.  1158 BC	c.  1158 BC	Unclear succession	^[80]
Enlil-nadin-ahi	Enlil-nādin-aḫe	c.  1157 BC	c.  1155 BC	Unclear succession	^[80]

Dynasty IV (2nd Isin), 1153–1022 BC

Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was palû Išin ('dynasty of Isin'). Presumably, the city of Isin was the dynasty's point of origin. Modern historians refer to this dynasty as the second dynasty of Isin to differentiate it from the ancient Sumerian dynasty of Isin.^[65] Previous scholarship assumed that the first king of this dynasty, Marduk-kabit-ahheshu, ruled for the first years of his reign concurrently with the last Kassite king, but recent research suggests that this was not the case. This list follows the revised chronology of the kings of this dynasty, per Beaulieu (2018), which also means revising the dates of subsequent dynasties.^[90]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Marduk-kabit-ahheshu	Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu	c.  1153 BC	c.  1136 BC	Unclear succession	^[91]
Itti-Marduk-balatu	Itti-Marduk-balāṭu	c.  1135 BC	c.  1128 BC	Son of Marduk-kabit-ahheshu	^[91]
Ninurta-nadin-shumi	Ninurta-nādin-šumi	c.  1127 BC	c.  1122 BC	Relative of Itti-Marduk-balatu (?)^[p]	^[91]
Nebuchadnezzar I	Nabû-kudurri-uṣur	c.  1121 BC	c.  1100 BC	Son of Ninurta-nadin-shumi	^[91]
Enlil-nadin-apli	Enlil-nādin-apli	c.  1099 BC	c.  1096 BC	Son of Nebuchadnezzar I	^[91]
Marduk-nadin-ahhe	Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē	c.  1095 BC	c.  1078 BC	Son of Ninurta-nadin-shumi, usurped the throne from Enlil-nadin-apli	^[91]
Marduk-shapik-zeri	Marduk-šāpik-zēri	c.  1077 BC	c.  1065 BC	Son of Marduk-nadin-ahhe (?)^[q]	^[91]
Adad-apla-iddina	Adad-apla-iddina	c.  1064 BC	c.  1043 BC	Usurper, unrelated to previous kings	^[94]
Marduk-ahhe-eriba	Marduk-aḫḫē-erība	c.  1042 BC	c.  1042 BC	Unclear succession	^[91]
Marduk-zer-X	Marduk-zēra-[—]^[r]	c.  1041 BC	c.  1030 BC	Unclear succession	^[91]
Nabu-shum-libur	Nabû-šumu-libūr	c.  1029 BC	c.  1022 BC	Unclear succession	^[91]

Dynasty V (2nd Sealand), 1021–1001 BC

Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was palû tamti ('dynasty of the Sealand'). Modern historians call it the second Sealand dynasty in order to distinguish it from Dynasty II.^[65]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Simbar-shipak	Simbar-Šipak	c.  1021 BC	c.  1004 BC	Probably of Kassite descent, unclear succession	^[96]
Ea-mukin-zeri	Ea-mukin-zēri	c.  1004 BC	c.  1004 BC	Probably of Kassite descent (Bit-Hashmar clan), usurped the throne from Simbar-Shipak	^[96]
Kashshu-nadin-ahi	Kaššu-nādin-aḫi	c.  1003 BC	c.  1001 BC	Probably of Kassite descent, son of Simbar-shipak (?)	^[96]

Dynasty VI (Bazi), 1000–981 BC

BKLa refers to this dynasty as palû Bazu ('dynasty of Baz') and the Dynastic Chronicle calls it palû Bīt-Bazi ('dynasty of Bit-Bazi'). The Bit-Bazi were a clan attested already in the Kassite period. It is likely that the dynasty derives its name either from the city of Baz, or from descent from Bazi, the legendary founder of that city.^[97]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Eulmash-shakin-shumi	Eulmaš-šākin-šumi	c.  1000 BC	c.  984 BC	Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), unclear succession	^[96]
Ninurta-kudurri-usur I	Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur	c.  983 BC	c.  981 BC	Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), unclear succession	^[96]
Shirikti-shuqamuna	Širikti-šuqamuna	c.  981 BC	c.  981 BC	Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), brother of Ninurta-kudurri-usur I	^[96]

Dynasty VII (Elamite), 980–975 BC

See also: Elamite dynasty

BKLa dynastically separates Mar-biti-apla-usur from other kings with horizontal lines, marking him as belonging to a dynasty of his own. The Dynastic Chronicle also groups him by himself, and refers to his dynasty (containing only him) as the palû Elamtu ('dynasty of Elam').^[98]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Mar-biti-apla-usur	Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur	c.  980 BC	c.  975 BC	Elamite, or more likely of Elamite ancestry, unclear succession	^[96]

Dynasty VIII (E), 974–732 BC

Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was palû E ('dynasty of E'). The meaning of 'E' is not clear, but it is likely a reference to the city of Babylon, meaning that the name should be interpreted as 'dynasty of Babylon'. The time of the dynasty of E was a time of great instability and the unrelated kings grouped together under this dynasty even belonged to completely different ethnic groups. Another Babylonian historical work, the Dynastic Chronicle (though it is preserved only fragmentarily), breaks this dynasty up into a succession of brief, smaller, dynasties.^[99]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Nabu-mukin-apli	Nabû-mukin-apli	c.  974 BC	c.  939 BC	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Ninurta-kudurri-usur II	Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur	c.  939 BC	c.  939 BC	Babylonian, son of Nabu-mukin-apli	^[100]
Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina	Mār-bῑti-aḫḫē-idinna	c.  938 BC	??	Babylonian, son of Nabu-mukin-apli	^[100]
Shamash-mudammiq	Šamaš-mudammiq	??	c.  901 BC^[s]	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Nabu-shuma-ukin I	Nabû-šuma-ukin	c.  900 BC^[s]	c.  887 BC^[t]	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Nabu-apla-iddina	Nabû-apla-iddina	c.  886 BC^[t]	c.  853 BC^[t]	Babylonian, son of Nabu-shuma-ukin I	^[100]
Marduk-zakir-shumi I	Marduk-zâkir-šumi	c.  852 BC^[t]^[u]	c.  825 BC^[u]	Babylonian, son of Nabu-apla-iddina	^[100]
Marduk-balassu-iqbi	Marduk-balāssu-iqbi	c.  824 BC^[u]	813 BC^[v]	Babylonian, son of Marduk-zakir-shumi I	^[100]
Baba-aha-iddina	Bāba-aḫa-iddina	813 BC^[v]	812 BC^[v]	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Babylonian interregnum (at least four years)^[w]^[x]
Ninurta-apla-X	Ninurta-apla-[—]^[y]	??		Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Marduk-bel-zeri	Marduk-bēl-zēri	??		Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Marduk-apla-usur	Marduk-apla-uṣur	??	c.  769 BC^[z]	Chaldean chief of an uncertain tribe, unclear succession	^[100]
Eriba-Marduk	Erība-Marduk	c.  769 BC^[z]	c.  760 BC^[z]	Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, unclear succession	^[100]
Nabu-shuma-ishkun	Nabû-šuma-iškun	c.  760 BC^[z]	748 BC	Chaldean chief of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe, unclear succession	^[100]
Nabonassar	Nabû-nāṣir	748 BC	734 BC	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]
Nabu-nadin-zeri	Nabû-nādin-zēri	734 BC	732 BC	Babylonian, son of Nabonassar	^[100]
Nabu-shuma-ukin II	Nabû-šuma-ukin	732 BC	732 BC	Babylonian, unclear succession	^[100]

note: Babylonian King List A records the names of 17 kings of the dynasty of E, but it states afterwards that the dynasty comprised 22 kings. The discrepancy might be explainable as a scribal error, but it is also possible that there were further kings in the sequence. The list is broken at critical points, and it is possible that five additional kings, whose names thus do not survive, could be inserted between the end of the Babylonian interregnum and the reign of Ninurta-apla-X.^[107] Lists of Babylonian rulers by modern historians tend to list Ninurta-apla-X as the first king to rule after Baba-aha-iddina's deposition.^[100]

Dynasty IX (Assyrian), 732–626 BC

See also: Adaside dynasty, Sargonid dynasty, and Neo-Assyrian Empire

'Dynasty IX' is used to, broadly speaking, refer to the rulers of Babylonia during the time it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, including Assyrian kings of both the Adaside dynasty and the subsequent Sargonid dynasty, as well as various non-dynastic vassal and rebel kings. They are often grouped together as a dynasty by modern scholars as BKLa does not use lines to separate the rulers, used elsewhere in the list to separate dynasties.^[22] BKLa also assigns individual dynastic labels to some of the kings, though thus not in the same fashion as is done for the more concrete earlier dynasties.^[22] The palê designation associated with each king (they are recorded in the list up until Mushezib-Marduk) is included in the table below and follows Fales (2014).^[108]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	palê	Succession	Ref
Nabu-mukin-zeri	Nabû-mukin-zēri	732 BC	729 BC	palê Šapî 'Dynasty of Shapi'	Chaldean chief of the Bit-Amukkani tribe, usurped the throne	^[109]
Tiglath-Pileser III	Tukultī-apil-Ešarra	729 BC	727 BC	palê Baltil 'Dynasty of [Assur]'	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — conquered Babylon	^[109]
Shalmaneser V	Salmānu-ašarēd	727 BC	722 BC		King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Tiglath-Pileser III	^[109]
Marduk-apla-iddina II (First reign)	Marduk-apla-iddina	722 BC	710 BC	palê Tamti 'Dynasty of the Sealand'	Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, proclaimed king upon Shalmaneser V's death	^[109]
Sargon II	Šarru-kīn	710 BC	705 BC	palê Ḫabigal 'Dynasty of [Hanigalbat]'	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Tiglath-Pileser III (?)	^[109]
Sennacherib (First reign)	Sîn-ahhe-erība	705 BC	703 BC		King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Sargon II	^[109]
Marduk-zakir-shumi II	Marduk-zâkir-šumi	703 BC	703 BC	A Arad-Ea 'Son [descendant] of Arad-Ea'	Babylonian rebel of the Arad-Ea family, rebel king	^[109]
Marduk-apla-iddina II (Second reign)	Marduk-apla-iddina	703 BC	703 BC	ERÍN Ḫabi 'Soldier of [Hanigalbat?]'	Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, retook the throne	^[109]
Bel-ibni	Bel-ibni	703 BC	700 BC	palê E 'Dynasty of E'	Babylonian vassal king of the Rab-bānî family, appointed by Sennacherib	^[109]
Aššur-nādin-šumi	Aššur-nādin-šumi	700 BC	694 BC	palê Ḫabigal 'Dynasty of [Hanigalbat]'	Son of Sennacherib, appointed as vassal king by his father	^[109]
Nergal-ushezib	Nergal-ušezib	694 BC	693 BC	palê E 'Dynasty of E'	Babylonian rebel of the Gaḫal kin family, rebel king	^[109]
Mushezib-Marduk	Mušezib-Marduk	693 BC	689 BC		Chaldean chief of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe, rebel king	^[109]
Sennacherib^[aa] (Second reign)	Sîn-ahhe-erība	689 BC	20 October 681 BC	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — retook Babylon		^[113]
Esarhaddon	Aššur-aḫa-iddina	December 681 BC	1 November 669 BC	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Sennacherib		^[114]
Ashurbanipal^[ab] (First reign)	Aššur-bāni-apli	1 November 669 BC	March 668 BC	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Esarhaddon		^[110]
Šamaš-šuma-ukin	Šamaš-šuma-ukin	March 668 BC	648 BC	Son of Esarhaddon, designated by his father as heir to Babylon, invested as vassal king by Ashurbanipal		^[110]
Ashurbanipal^[ac] (Second reign)	Aššur-bāni-apli	648 BC	646 BC	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — retook Babylon after rebellion by Šamaš-šuma-ukin		^[116]
Kandalanu	Kandalānu	647 BC	627 BC	Appointed as vassal king by Ashurbanipal		^[110]
Sin-shumu-lishir^[ad]	Sîn-šumu-līšir	626 BC	626 BC	Usurper in the Neo-Assyrian Empire — recognised in Babylonia		^[110]
Sinsharishkun^[ad]	Sîn-šar-iškun	626 BC	626 BC	King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Ashurbanipal		^[110]

Dynasty X (Chaldean), 626–539 BC

See also: Chaldean dynasty and Neo-Babylonian Empire

The native name for this dynasty does not appear in any sources, as the kings of Dynasty X are only listed in king lists made during the Hellenistic period, when the concept of dynasties ceased being used by Babylonians chronographers to describe Babylonian history. Modern historians typically refer to the dynasty as the 'Neo-Babylonian dynasty', as these kings ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire, or the 'Chaldean dynasty', after the presumed ethnic origin of the royal line.^[22] The Dynastic Chronicle, a later document, refers to Nabonidus as the founder and only king of the 'dynasty of Harran' (palê Ḫarran), and may also indicate a dynastic change with Neriglissar's accession, but much of the text is fragmentary.^[118][119]

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Nabopolassar	Nabû-apla-uṣur	22/23 November 626 BC	July 605 BC	Babylonian rebel, defeated Sinsharishkun	^[120]
Nebuchadnezzar II	Nabû-kudurri-uṣur	August 605 BC	7 October 562 BC	Son of Nabopolassar	^[120]
Amel-Marduk	Amēl-Marduk	7 October 562 BC	August 560 BC	Son of Nebuchadnezzar II	^[120]
Neriglissar	Nergal-šar-uṣur	August 560 BC	April 556 BC	Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II, usurped the throne	^[120]
Labashi-Marduk	Lâbâši-Marduk	April 556 BC	June 556 BC	Son of Neriglissar	^[120]
Nabonidus	Nabû-naʾid	25 May 556 BC	13 October 539 BC	Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II (?), usurped the throne, co-rulers: Nitocris and Belshazzar	^[121]

Babylon under foreign rule, 539 BC – AD 224

The concept of dynasties ceased being used in king-lists made after the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, meaning that the native Babylonian designations for the ruling dynasties of the foreign empires that succeeded the Chaldean kings are unknown.^[22]

Dynasty XI (Achaemenid), 539–331 BC

See also: Achaemenid dynasty and Achaemenid Empire

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Cyrus II the Great	Kuraš	29 October 539 BC	August 530 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — conquered Babylon	^[122]
Cambyses II	Kambuzīa	August 530 BC	April 522 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Cyrus II	^[122]
Bardiya	Barzia	April/May 522 BC	29 September 522 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Cyrus II or an impostor	^[122]
Nebuchadnezzar III	Nabû-kudurri-uṣur	3 October 522 BC	December 522 BC	Babylonian rebel of the Zazakku family, claimed to be a son of Nabonidus	^[123]
Darius I the Great (First reign)	Dariamuš	December 522 BC	25 August 521 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — distant relative of Cyrus II	^[122]
Nebuchadnezzar IV	Nabû-kudurri-uṣur	25 August 521 BC	27 November 521 BC	Babylonian rebel of Armenian descent, claimed to be a son of Nabonidus	^[124]
Darius I the Great (Second reign)	Dariamuš	27 November 521 BC	November 486 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — retook Babylon	^[122]
Xerxes I the Great (First reign)	Aḫšiaršu	November 486 BC	July 484 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Darius I	^[122]
Shamash-eriba	Šamaš-eriba	July 484 BC	October 484 BC	Babylonian rebel	^[125]
Bel-shimanni	Bêl-šimânni	July 484 BC	August 484 BC	Babylonian rebel	^[125]
Xerxes I the Great (Second reign)	Aḫšiaršu	October 484 BC	465 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — retook Babylon	^[122]
Artaxerxes I	Artakšatsu	465 BC	December 424 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Xerxes I	^[122]
Xerxes II	— ^[ae]	424 BC	424 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes I	^[122]
Sogdianus	— ^[ae]	424 BC	423 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I	^[122]
Darius II	Dariamuš	February 423 BC	c. April 404 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I	^[122]
Artaxerxes II	Artakšatsu	c. April 404 BC	359/358 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Darius II	^[122]
Artaxerxes III	Artakšatsu	359/358 BC	338 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes II	^[122]
Artaxerxes IV	Artakšatsu	338 BC	336 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes III	^[122]
Nidin-Bel	Nidin-Bêl	336 BC	336/335 BC	Babylonian rebel (?), attested only in the Uruk King List, alternatively a scribal error	^[126]
Darius III	Dariamuš	336/335 BC	October 331 BC	King of the Achaemenid Empire — grandson of Artaxerxes II	^[122]

Dynasty XII (Argead), 331–305 BC

See also: Argead dynasty and Hellenistic period

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Alexander III the Great	Aliksandar	October 331 BC	11 June 323 BC	King of Macedon — conquered the Achaemenid Empire	^[127]
Philip III Arrhidaeus	Pilipsu	11 June 323 BC	317 BC^[af]	King of Macedon — brother of Alexander III	^[129]
Antigonus I Monophthalmus^[ag]	Antigunusu	317 BC	309/308 BC	King of the Antigonid Empire — general (Diadochus) of Alexander III	^[132]
Alexander IV	Aliksandar	316 BC	310 BC^[ah]	King of Macedon — son of Alexander III	^[134]

Dynasty XIII (Seleucid), 305–141 BC

See also: Seleucid dynasty and Seleucid Empire

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Seleucus I Nicator	Siluku	305 BC^[ai]	September 281 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — general (Diadochus) of Alexander III	^[134]
Antiochus I Soter	Antiʾukusu	294 BC^[aj]	2 June 261 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus I	^[136]
Seleucus^[ak]	Siluku	281 BC	266 BC	Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus I	^[137]
Antiochus II Theos	Antiʾukusu	266 BC^[aj]	July 246 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus I	^[136]
Seleucus II Callinicus	Siluku	July 246 BC	225 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus II	^[136]
Seleucus III Ceraunus	Siluku	225 BC	223 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus II	^[138]
Antiochus III the Great	Antiʾukusu	223 BC	3 July 187 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus II	^[138]
Antiochus^[al]	Antiʾukusu	210 BC	192 BC	Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III	^[140]
Seleucus IV Philopator	Siluku	189 BC^[aj]	3 September 175 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III	^[141]
Antiochus IV Epiphanes	Antiʾukusu	3 September 175 BC	164 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III	^[142]
Antiochus^[al]	Antiʾukusu	175 BC	170 BC	Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus IV	^[143]
Antiochus V Eupator	Antiʾukusu	164 BC	162 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus IV	^[144]
Demetrius I Soter (First reign)	Dimitri	c. January 161 BC^[am]	c. January 161 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus IV	^[146]
Timarchus	— ^[an]	c. January 161 BC^[ao]	c. May 161 BC^[ao]	Rebel satrap (vassal governor) under the Seleucids — captured and briefly ruled Babylonia	^[147]
Demetrius I Soter (Second reign)	Dimitri	c. May 161 BC	150 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — reconquered Babylonia	^[148]
Alexander Balas	Aliksandar	150 BC	146 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — supposedly son of Antiochus IV	^[149]
Demetrius II Nicator	Dimitri'	146 BC	141 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Demetrius I	^[150]

Dynasty XIV (Arsacid), 141 BC – AD 224

See also: Parthian Empire

note: The chronology of the Parthian kings, especially in the early period, is disputed on account of a lack of sources. The chronology here, which omits several rival kings and usurpers, primarily follows Shayegan (2011),^[151] Dąbrowa (2012)^[152] and Daryaee (2012).^[153] For alternate interpretations, see the List of Parthian monarchs.

King	Akkadian	Reigned from	Reigned until	Succession	Ref
Mithridates I	Aršakâ^[ap]	141 BC	132 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — conquered Babylonia	^[156]
Phraates II (First reign)	Aršakâ	132 BC	July 130 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates I	^[157]
Rinnu^[aq]	Ri-[—]-nu^[ar]	132 BC	July 130 BC	Mother and regent for Phraates II, who was a minor at the time of his accession	^[157]
Antiochus VII Sidetes	Antiʾukusu	July 130 BC	November 129 BC	King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Demetrius I, conquered Babylonia	^[160]
Phraates II (Second reign)	Aršakâ	November 129 BC	128/127 BC^[as]	King of the Parthian Empire — reconquered Babylonia	^[162]
Ubulna^[at]	Ubulna	November 129 BC	128/127 BC	Unclear identity, associated with Phraates II – probably his queen	^[162]
Hyspaosines	Aspasinē	128/127 BC^[as]	November 127 BC	King of Characene — captured Babylon in the wake of Antiochus VII Sidetes's campaign	^[163]
Artabanus I	Aršakâ	November 127 BC	124 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — brother of Mithridates I, conquered Babylonia	^[164]
Mithridates II	Aršakâ	124 BC	91 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus I	^[165]
Gotarzes I	Aršakâ	91 BC	80 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates II	^[166]
Asi'abatar^[at]	Aši'abatum	91 BC	80 BC	Wife (queen) of Gotarzes I	^[166]
Orodes I	Aršakâ	80 BC	75 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates II or Gotarzes I	^[167]
Ispubarza^[at]	Isbubarzâ	80 BC	75 BC	Sister-wife (queen) of Orodes I	^[168]
Sinatruces	Aršakâ	75 BC	69 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son or brother of Mithridates I	^[169]
Phraates III	Aršakâ	69 BC	57 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Sinatruces	^[170]
Piriustana^[at]	Piriustanâ	69 BC	??	Wife (queen) of Phraates III	^[171]
Teleuniqe^[at]	Ṭeleuniqê'	??	57 BC	Wife (queen) of Phraates III	^[171]
Orodes II	Aršakâ	57 BC	38 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates III	^[172]
Phraates IV	Aršakâ	38 BC	2 BC	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Orodes II	^[173]
Phraates V^[au]	Aršakâ	2 BC	AD 4	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV	^[174]
Orodes III	Aršakâ	AD 4	AD 6	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV (?)	^[175]
Vonones I	Aršakâ	AD 6	AD 12	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV	^[176]
Artabanus II	Aršakâ	AD 12	AD 38	King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Phraates IV (?)	^[177]
Vardanes I	Aršakâ	AD 38	AD 46	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus II	^[177]
Gotarzes II	Aršakâ	AD 38	AD 51	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus II	^[177]
Vonones II	Aršakâ	AD 51	AD 51	King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Phraates IV (?)	^[178]
Vologases I	Aršakâ	AD 51	AD 78	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vonones II or Artabanus II	^[156]
Pacorus II	Aršakâ	AD 78	AD 110	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases I	^[179]
Artabanus III^[av]	Aršakâ	AD 79/80	AD 81	Rival king of the Parthian Empire (against Pacorus II) — son of Vologases I	^[180]
Osroes I	— ^[aw]	AD 109	AD 129	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Pacorus II	^[181]
Vologases III	— ^[aw]	AD 110	AD 147	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Pacorus II	^[182]
Parthamaspates	— ^[aw]	AD 116	AD 117	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Osroes I	^[183]
Vologases IV	— ^[aw]	AD 147	AD 191	King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Pacorus II	^[183]
Vologases V	— ^[aw]	AD 191	AD 208	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases IV	^[184]
Vologases VI	— ^[aw]	AD 208	AD 216/228	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases V	^[185]
Artabanus IV	— ^[aw]	AD 216	AD 224	King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases V	^[186]

See also

• List of Assyrian kings – for the Assyrian kings
• List of Mesopotamian dynasties – for other dynasties and kingdoms in ancient Mesopotamia

Notes

1. The star of Shamash was often used as a standard in southern Mesopotamia from the Akkadian period down to the Neo-Babylonian period.^[1]
2. The Antiochus cylinder is written in Babylonian cuneiform, though with some unorthodox and strange choices of signs. Its rendition of the name Antiochus is featured here, alongside transcriptions of the same spelling of Antiochus, but with ordinary Babylonian and Assyrian signs, to illustrate the differences.^[61]
3. Sumu-abum was the first king of Babylon according to Babylonian King Lists A and B. There is no contemporary evidence for his rule in Babylon; the earliest ruler who there is textual evidence of in Babylon itself is Sin-Muballit, the fifth king according to the king lists. Sumu-abum is contemporarily attested as a ruler of the cities Dilbat, Sippar and Kisurra, but some evidence seems to suggest that he and Sumu-la-El (his supposed successor) were contemporaries. Later rulers of Babylon's first dynasty referred to Sumu-la-El, rather than Sumu-abum, as the founder of their dynasty. It is possible that Sumu-abum did not rule Babylon, but for some reason was inserted in later traditions into the city's dynastic history. Perhaps Sumu-la-El ruled Babylon as a vassal of Sumu-abum, who might have ruled a larger group of territories.^[69]
4. No king list includes a king between Itti-ili-nibi and Damqi-ilishu, and Babylonian King List A states that Dynasty II had 11 kings, speaking against the existence of this figure. The existence of an unknown king here is thus very speculative, based on the presence of the sign AŠ between lines 5 and 6 of BKLa, between Itti-ili-nibi and Damqi-ilishu, which might be a reference to a king between them, as the same sign later in the list has been seen by some scholars as evidence of an attestation of another unknown king, attested in the Synchronistic King List but unattested in other sources.^[75]
5. Name not preserved.^[75]
6. Omitted in Babylonian King Lists A and B, only being included in the Synchronistic King List. The reading of the signs making up his name is not certain.^[73] The issue derives from the poor quality early photographs of the tablet and its subsequent deteriorating condition. The presence of the sign AŠ between lines 10 and 11 of BKLa, between Gulkishar and Peshgaldaramesh might be a reference to a king between them.^[75] Given that he only appears in one source, and BKLa states that there were 11 kings of this dynasty, his existence is not certain. Perhaps he was a real king who reigned very briefly.^[75]
7. Babylonian King List A adds a king between Kashtiliash I and Abi-Rattash, but the list is damaged and the name is not preserved. The Synchronistic King List omits this figure.^[79]
8. Name not preserved.^[79]
9. One possible reading of an inscription by Agum II indicates that Abi-Rattash was an ancestor of Agum II's father Urzigurumash.^[81]
10. As Agum II explicitly refers to Urzigurumash as his father in his own inscriptions, Beaulieu (2018) placed him as Urzigurumash's direct successor.^[79] Chen (2020) placed him later, as the direct predecessor of Burnaburiash I.^[66]
11. There being a king between Shipta'ulzi and Burnaburiash I is indicated by both Babylonian King List A and the Synchronistic King List, but as both texts are damaged, neither list preserves the name of this ruler. Historically, the fragments left have been interpreted as suggesting that this king's name was Agum, but this reading has been abandoned by modern scholars.^[79]
12. Name not preserved.^[79]
13. Kadashman-Sah does not appear in king lists. The only evidence of his existence are tablets that are dated to the reign of 'Agum and Kadashman-Sah', suggesting that he was a king, and that there was some form of co-rulership. It is possible that he was a transitional ruler with only local power.^[85]
14. There are no sources that directly indicate a familial connection between Kadashman-Enlil I and Kurigalzu I, but Kadashman-Enlil I's presumed son, Burnaburiash II, refers to Kurigalzu I as his ancestor in a letter.^[88]
15. Kashtiliash IV was deposed by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I c. 1225 BC. The Bablyonian Chronicles describe Tukulti-Ninurta I as destroying Babylon's walls and incorporating the city into his empire for seven years until the Babylonians rebelled and placed Kashtiliash IV's son, Adad-shuma-usur, on the throne. Babylonian King List A contradicts this, listing three rulers between Kashtiliash IV and Adad-shuma-usur. As the reigns of these three kings add up to just a little less than seven years, scholars have historically interpreted this to mean that these three kings were appointed vassals of Tukulti-Ninurta I. The Babylonian Chronicles seem to suggest that Adad-shuma-usur ruled in the south of Bablyonia concurrently with Tukulti-Ninurta controlling the north (and Babylon itself). Beaulieu (2018) suggests the possibility that these three kings were contemporary rivals, rather than successors of one another, and that Adad-shuma-usur did succeed Kashtiliash IV directly, but only in the south, and only took control of Babylon late in his reign.^[89]
16. A family link between Ninurta-nadin-shumi and his immediate predecessors cannot be proven from the sources, but the only definitely attested break in family succession to the throne in this dynasty was the accession of Adad-apla-iddina, who is explicitly designated as an usurper in the sources.^[92]
17. Marduk-shapik-zeri was once believed to be attested as Marduk-nadin-ahhe's son, but the reading of the relevant text is uncertain–it cannot be proven, or disproven, that Marduk-shapik-zeri was Marduk-nadin-ahhe's son.^[93] The only definitely attested break in family succession to the throne in this dynasty was the accession of Adad-apla-iddina, who is explicitly designated as an usurper in the sources.^[92]
18. The name of this king has not survived in its complete form in any source. The 'X' in his name was inserted by modern historians to mark the missing portion. The reading of the second element of his name, zēra, is not fully certain. According to Brinkman (1968), there are many possibilities for what the full name was (based on known Babylonian names with the same first two elements), including: Marduk-zēra-ibni, Marduk-zēra-iddina, Marduk-zēra-iqīša, Marduk-zēra-uballiṭ, Marduk-zēra-ukīn, Marduk-zēra-uṣur, Marduk-zēra-ušallim and 'Marduk-zēra-līšir.^[95]
19. Shamash-mudammiq is described as having been defeated by the Assyrian king Adad-nirari II c. 901 BC.^[101]
20. Beaulieu (2018) states that Nabu-apla-iddina's 31st year as king was c. 855 BC.^[101] Chen (2020) ascribes Nabu-apla-iddina a 33-year reign.^[66]
21. Chen (2020) ascribes Marduk-zakir-shumi I a 27-year reign.^[66]
22. Marduk-balassu-iqbi was deposed by the Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V in 813 BC. Less than a year later, in 812 BC, Shamshi-Adad deposed Marduk-balassu-iqbi's successor, Baba-aha-iddina.^[102]
23. After Baba-aha-iddina was taken to Assyria as a captive by the Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V in 812 BC, Babylonia entered into an interregnum lasting several (at least four) years, which the chronicles describe as a period when there was "no king in the land". The chief claimants to royal power in Babylonia at this time was the Assyrians. Though they did not claim the title 'king of Babylon', Shamshi-Adad V took the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad' after his victory in 812 BC and Shamshi-Adad's son and successor, Adad-nirari III, claimed that 'all the kings of Chaldea' were his vassals and that he had received tribute, as well as sacrificial meals (a Babylonian royal prerogative) at Babylon. The Babylonian crown had thus, at least nominally, been taken over by the Assyrians, though as Assyria was in a weakened state its kings were unable to fully exploit the situation.^[103]
24. Some of the Chaldean tribes during this time also either claimed royal Babylonian power, or asserted their own independence. A seal from the time of the interregnum depicts the chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe (and father of the later king Eriba-Marduk), Marduk-shakin-shumi, in the traditional Babylonian royal garbs. There is also a contract tablet known that describes a weight being sent to the 'palace of Nabu-shumu-lishir, descendant of Dakkuru'. Nabu-shumu-lishir of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe's claim to reside in a 'palace' was equivalent to claiming to be a king.^[103]
25. Ninurta-apla-X is only known from Babylonian King List A, where his name is broken off and incompletely preserved. The 'X' in his name was inserted by modern historians to mark the missing portion.^[104][105] The second element of the name, apla, is not a fully certain reading.^[105] According to Brinkman (1968), the full name might have been Ninurta-apla-uṣur or something similar.^[105]
26. Beaulieu (2018) writes that Eriba-Marduk's ninth and last year as king was c. 760 BC.^[106]
27. Recognising Sennacherib as the king of Babylon from 689 to 681 BC is the norm in modern lists of Babylonian kings.^[110] Babylon was destroyed at this time and many contemporary Babylonian documents, such as chronicles, refer to Sennacherb's second reign in Babylonia as a "kingless period" without a king in the land.^[111] Babylonian King List A nevertheless includes Sennacherib as the king of this period, listing his second reign as taking place between the downfall of Mushezib-Marduk and the accession of Esarhaddon.^[112]
28. Though Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the legitimate successor of Esarhaddon to the Babylonian throne, appointed by his father, he was not formally invested as such until the spring after his father's death. Lists of kings of Babylon by modern historians typically regard Ashurbanipal, Esarhaddon's successor in Assyria, as the ruler of Babylon during this brief 'interregnum'.^[110] The Uruk King List lists Ashurbanipal as Šamaš-šuma-ukin's predecessor, but also lists him as ruling simultaneously with his brother, giving his reign as 669–647 BC.^[115] In contrast, Babylonian King List A omits Ashurbanipal entirely, listing Šamaš-šuma-ukin as the direct successor of Esarhaddon, and Kandalanu as the direct successor of Šamaš-šuma-ukin.^[112]
29. Ashurbanipal is again not recorded by the Babylonian King List A as ruler between Šamaš-šuma-ukin and Kandalanu,^[112] and is not recorded as such in lists by modern historians either.^[110] Ashurbanipal did however rule Babylonia from the defeat of Šamaš-šuma-ukin in the summer of 648 BC to Kandalanu's appointment in 647 BC. Date formulae from Babylonia during this time are dated to Ashurbanipal's rule, and indicate that the transfer of power to Kandalanu was gradual. Tablets were still dated to Ashurbanipal around the end of 647 BC at Borsippa, and as late as the spring of 646 BC at Dilbat. After 646 BC, tablets in Babylonia are exclusively dated to Kandalanu's reign.^[116]
30. The Babylonian Chronicles describe the period between Kandalanu and Nabopolassar as a "kingless" one and some date formulae from this period are dated to "the year after Kandalanu", suggesting an interregnum. The Uruk King List records Sin-shumu-lishir and Sinsharishkun's reigns, however,^[117] as do lists of Babylonian kings by modern historians.^[110]
31. Contemporary Babylonian contract tablets, as well as Babylonian king lists, omit both Xerxes II and Sogdianus, suggesting that the Babylonians viewed Darius II as Artaxerxes I's immediate successor.^{[citation needed]}
32. Philip III Arrhidaeus died in 317 BC. Certain Babylonian documents continue to recognise him as king until 316 BC.^[128]
33. Antigonus, one of Alexander III's former generals who took power in the eastern regions of Alexander's empire, began issuing date formulae in his own name, rather than in the name of an official king.^[130] The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period suggests that Antigonus's rule was not considered legal and that he should have submitted to the rule of Alexander III's son, Alexander IV. The list writes that "there was no king in the land" for several years and titles Antigonus as the chief of the army, rather than king.^[131] The Uruk King List includes Antigonus without comments on his status.^[115]
34. Alexander IV died in 310 BC. Certain Babylonian documents continue to recognise him as king until 305 BC, when Seleucus I Nicator became king.^[128] The Babylonians were aware that Alexander IV had died in 310 BC, but they continued to date documents to his reign posthumously for several years since there was no clear legitimate heir.^[133]
35. Seleucus I Nicator became king in 305 BC, but he retroactively dated to his accession to 311 BC.^[128] The Babylonian King List dates Seleucus I's accession to 305/304 BC.^[130]
36. Did not technically become senior king until his father's death, from which his rule is counted in the Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic period,^[135] but recognised as king in date formulae alongside his father from this earlier date onwards.^[128]
37. Junior ruler who never ruled in his own right, recognised as king of Babylon alongside his senior counterpart in date formulae.^[128]
38. Junior ruler who never ruled in his own right, recognised as king of Babylon alongside his senior counterpart in date formulae^[128] and in the Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period.^[139]
39. Demetrius I Soter deposed and killed Antiochus V Eupator in 162 BC, but the last known document dated to Antiochus V's rule at Babylon is from 11 January 161 BC. It is possible that it took several weeks for the news of Antiochus V's death to reach the eastern provinces.^[145]
40. No known cuneiform tablets record Timarchus's brief rule in Babylonia.^[147]
41. Given that tablets dating to Antiochus V Eupator are known from January 161 BC, and the earliest known tablet dated to Demetrius I is from 14 May 161 BC, Timarchus's brief control of Babylon must have transpired at some point between these dates.^[145]
42. Babylonian documents from the period of Parthian rule refer to virtually all Parthian kings as Arshaka, Arshakan, Arshakamma, or some other Akkadian variant of the name Arsaces.^[154] This list uses the spelling Aršakâ per Spar & Lambert (2005).^[155]Arsaces was used as the regnal name by all Parthian kings, making it more similar to an official title, such as the Roman Caesar, than a name. If there was a period of civil war or rivalry, i.e. in times where there were multiple Arsaces at the same time and clarification was needed, Babylonian documents sometimes employed the personal names of the kings.^[154] The practice of all Parthian kings assuming Arsaces as their regnal name complicates establishing a chronology of rulers,^[154][128] which mainly has to follow evidence from coinage.^[154]
43. Though formally only a regent during the minority of her son, a contemporary Babylonian tablet counts Rinnu as a monarch. The date formula of this tablet reads 'Arshak and Ri-[in(?)]-nu, his mother, kings'.^[158]
44. Name incompletely preserved (middle sign missing).^[159]
45. Phraates II's rule in Babylon is last attested on 17 May 128 BC. Hyspaosines is first attested as ruler on 30/31 May 127 BC.^[161]
46. Queen consort, and thus not formally a monarch, but recorded together with her husband as ruler in Babylonian date formulae.^[36]
47. Phraates V's mother, Musa, who ruled with him as co-ruler, is not recorded as a monarch in any known Babylonian tablets.^[36]
48. The latest known datable Akkadian cuneiform tablet is W22340a, found at Uruk and dated to AD 79/80. The tablet preserves the word LUGAL (king), indicating that the Babylonians by this point still recognised a king.^[51] The ruler of Babylonia at this point in time was the Parthian rival king (i. e. usurper) Artabanus III, noted by historians as having had support for his rule in Babylonia, but not much support elsewhere in the Parthian Empire.^[52]
49. Although the late Parthian kings would presumably have been referred to as Aršákā, like their predecessors, no cuneiform records are known from beyond AD 79/80.^[51]

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137. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii.
138. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 207; Mittag 2008, p. 50.
139. Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 207.
140. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 207.
141. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 208.
142. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, pp. 208–209; Mittag 2008, p. 51.
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145. Houghton 1979, p. 215–216.
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147. Houghton 1979, pp. 213–217; Boiy 2004, pp. 164–165.
148. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxii, xlii; Houghton 1979, pp. 213–217; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 209.
149. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxii, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 209; Mittag 2008, p. 51.
150. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxii, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 209.
151. Shayegan 2011, pp. 229–239.
152. Dąbrowa 2012, pp. 169–176.
153. Daryaee 2012, pp. 391–392.
154. Olmstead 1937, p. 14.
155. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xlii.
156. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 57.
157. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Shayegan 2011, p. 123.
158. Olmstead 1937, p. 13.
159. Shayegan 2011, p. 230.
160. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxii, xlii; Shayegan 2011, pp. 110–111; Shayegan 2011, p. 123.
161. Shayegan 2011, p. 111.
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163. Oelsner 2014, p. 301; Shayegan 2011, pp. 110–111.
164. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Daryaee 2012, p. 391.
165. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 35.
166. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Lewy 1944, p. 202.
167. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Lewy 1944, p. 203; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 36.
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169. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, pp. 36–37.
170. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 40.
171. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Shayegan 2011, p. 235.
172. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 41.
173. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 43.
174. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, pp. 45–46.
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176. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 48.
177. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 49.
178. Daryaee 2012, pp. 391–392; Olbrycht 2016, p. 24.
179. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 58.
180. Spar & Lambert 2005, p. xxii; Schippmann 1986, pp. 647–650.
181. Beaulieu 2018, p. 14; Ellerbrock 2021, pp. 60–61.
182. Beaulieu 2018, p. 14; Dąbrowa 2012, p. 176.
183. Beaulieu 2018, p. 14; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 61.
184. Beaulieu 2018, p. 14; Patterson 2013, pp. 180–181.
185. Beaulieu 2018, p. 14; Ellerbrock 2021, p. 63.
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