| Mār-bῑti-aḫḫē-idinna | |
|---|---|
| King of Babylon | |
| Reign | c. 939–? BC |
| Predecessor | Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur II |
| Successor | Šamaš-mudammiq |
| House | Dynasty ofE (mixed dynasties) |
Mār-bῑti-aḫḫē-idinna,mdMār-bῑti-áḫḫē-idinna (mdDUMU-E-PAP-AŠ),[i 1] meaningMār-bīti (a Babylonian god with a sanctuary atBorsippa)has given me brothers,[1] became king ofBabyloniac. 939 BC, succeeding his brother,Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur II, and was the 3rd king of the Dynasty ofE to sit on the throne. He is known only from king lists, a brief mention in a chronicle and as a witness on akudurru from his father,Nabû-mukin-apli's reign.
He was first recorded as a witness to a title deed inscribed on a kudurru[i 2] after his (presumably) older brothers, Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur, who was to become his immediate predecessor on the throne, and Rīmūt-ilī, the temple administrator.[1] TheEclectic Chronicle[i 3] refers laconically to “the Nth year of Mār-bῑti-aḫḫē-idinna” but the context is lost.[2] TheSynchronistic King List[i 4] records him as the third in a series of kings of Babylon who were contemporary with theAssyrian king,Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II (ca. 967–935 BC), the son ofAshur-resh-ishi II and this is quite plausible based on the chronology.
Mār-bῑti-aḫḫē-idinna’s reign may have ended considerably earlier than 920 BC but it was the accession ofAdad-nārārī I of Assyria around 911 BC that marks the resumption of records of their Babylonian counterparts, with his apparent successorŠamaš-mudammiq, no evidence of their filiation or of any intervening rulers being known.[3]
