Meli-Shipak II

Meli-Shipak II di atas takhtanya di wilayah kudurru yang dihibahkan kepada Ḫunnubat-Nanaya. Bintang berujung delapan adalah simbol Inanna-Ishtar yang paling umum. Di sini ditampilkan di samping cakra surya saudaranya Shamash (Utu Sumeria) dan bulan sabit ayahandanya Sin (Nanna Sumeria) di atas batu batas Meli-Shipak II, berasal dari abad ke-12 SM.^{[i 1]}

Wilayah Kudurru yang dihibakan Melišipak kepada Marduk-apal-iddina I^{[i 2]}

Meli-Šipak II, atau Melišiḫu^{[nb 1]} dalam prasasti kontemporer, merupakan raja ketiga puluh tiga Kass atau Dinasti ketiga Babilon skt. 1186–1172 SM (kronologi pendek) dan memerintah selama lima belas tahun.^{[i 3]} Pemerintahannya menandai titik sinkronisasi kritis dalam kronologi Timur Dekat Kuno.

Prasasti

^ Land grant to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya kudurru, Sb 23, published as MDP X 87, found with Sb 22 during the French excavations at Susa.
^ Melišipak kudurru-Land grant to Marduk-apal-iddina I, Sb 22, published as MDP II 99, found during the French excavations at Susa.
^ Kinglist A, BM 33332, ii 12.

Catatan

^ Me-li-^dŠI-ḪU or ^mMe-li-ŠI-ḪU, where the reading of ḪU is uncertain, -ḫu or -pak.

Referensi

[sb23-1] Land grant to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya kudurru, Sb 23, published as MDP X 87, found with Sb 22 during the French excavations at Susa.

[sb22-2] Melišipak kudurru-Land grant to Marduk-apal-iddina I, Sb 22, published as MDP II 99, found during the French excavations at Susa.

[4] Kinglist A, BM 33332, ii 12.

[3] Me-li-^dŠI-ḪU or ^mMe-li-ŠI-ḪU, where the reading of ḪU is uncertain, -ḫu or -pak.

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