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Nabu-sharrussu-ukin
Nabu-sharrussu-ukin (Nabû-šarrūssu-ukîn), rendered Nebo-Sarsekim in English Bibles, was a chief eunuch under Nebuchadnezzar II, known from a 595 BC tablet recording a gold donation to the temple Esangila in Babylon.
Nabu-shum-ishkun
Nabu-shum-ishkun (Nabû-šum-iškun) was an early Chaldean king of Babylon who reigned from about 760 to 748 BC, immediately before Nabonassar, and is known chiefly from hostile texts.
Nabu-shum-libur
Nabu-shum-libur (Nabû-šuma-libbūr) was the eleventh and last king of the Second Dynasty of Isin, a Babylonian royal house, reigning about eight years around 1047–1039 BC.
Nabu-shum-lishir
Nabu-shum-lishir (Nabû-šuma-līšir) was a Babylonian prince of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the second eldest-born son of King Nabopolassar and younger brother of Nebuchadnezzar II, known from two cuneiform texts.
Nabu-shum-ukin I
Nabu-shum-ukin I, also known as Nabû-šuma-ukīn I, was king of Babylon from about 899 to 888 BC, remembered for his war and treaty with Assyria's Adad-nirari II.
Nabu-shum-ukin II
Nabu-shum-ukin II (Nabû-šuma-ukîn II) was a Babylonian usurper, a district officer who seized the throne in 732 BC after King Nabu-nadin-zeri was killed, and ruled for one month.
Nabu-shuma-ishkun
Nabu-shuma-ishkun (Nabû-šuma-iškun) was a king of Babylon who reigned from about 760 to 748 BC and is known almost entirely from a hostile Babylonian chronicle accusing him of breaking every law.
Nabu-usallim
Nabu-usallim (Nabû-ušallim) was a Babylonian, son of the Chaldean leader Merodach-Baladan, whom an Assyrian letter reports the king of Elam installed over the Sealand, declaring that the king of Assyria did not rule there.
Nabu-zer-kitti-lishir
Nabu-zer-kitti-lishir (Nabû-zēr-kitti-līšir) was a Chaldean prince of Bit-Yakin, son of the Babylonian king Marduk-apla-iddina II, who governed the Sealand and died in Elam after a failed rising against Assyria in 680/679 BC.
Nabu-zeri-lishir
Nabu-zeri-lishir, also written Nabû-zēri-līšir, was an Assyrian scholar of the 7th century BC, chief scribe of King Esarhaddon, son of the chief scribe Nabu-zuqup-kenu, and father of two scholars.
Nabu-zuqup-kenu
Nabu-zuqup-kenu, also written Nabû-zuqup-kēnu, was an Assyrian scribe at Kalhu who served Sargon II and Sennacherib, and whose scholarly tablets entered Ashurbanipal's library at Nineveh.
Naburimannu
Naburimannu (Nabû-rimanni, Greek Naburianos or Naburianus) is a Babylonian astronomer traditionally credited around 500 BC with founding System A of Babylonian lunar theory, though modern scholars doubt the attribution.
Naditu
Naditu (Nadītum, LUKUR) was an Old Babylonian-period woman dedicated to gods in cities like Sippar, a legal status allowing her to buy real estate, lease land, and lend silver.
Namburbi
A namburbi is an Akkadian apotropaic ritual text of the first millennium BC, performed by an exorcist to avert the evil foretold by an omen, with over 140 tablets known.
Nammahani
Nammahani, also rendered Nammahni, was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2108–2104 BC, known from royal inscriptions and the Code of Ur-Namma.
Nangishlishma
Nangishlishma (Nanĝišlišma) is a legendary early king of Kish in the Sumerian King List, third ruler of the First Dynasty of Kish after the flood.
Nanum (king of Akkad)
Nanum, also written Nanium or Naniyum, was one of four rivals, with Igigi, Imi, and Elulu, who claimed the kingship of Akkad for three joint years after 2193 BC.
Naplanum
Naplanum (Naplanûm) is the figure the Larsa King List names as the first ruler of Larsa, credited with a 21-year reign c. 2025–2005 BC that no contemporary record confirms.
Naqi'a
Naqi'a, also known as Zakutu, was an Assyrian queen, wife of Sennacherib and mother of Esarhaddon, best known for the loyalty treaty securing Ashurbanipal's succession around 669 BC.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad (Narām-Sîn) was a king of the Akkadian Empire, c. 2254–2218 BC, grandson of Sargon and the first Mesopotamian king to declare himself a god.
Naram-Sin of Eshnunna
Narām-Sîn of Eshnunna was a king of Eshnunna who reigned around 1810–1801 BC, conquering lands along the Tigris and Euphrates and forcing Mari into a treaty.
Naram-Sin's campaign against Ebla
Naram-Sin's campaign against Ebla was an Akkadian military expedition led by Naram-Sin of Akkad against the Syrian cities of Armanum and Ebla, known from his royal inscriptions.
Naram-Sin's campaign against Magan
Naram-Sin's campaign against Magan was a maritime expedition of the Akkadian Empire, in which Naram-Sin crossed the Persian Gulf and conquered Magan around 2250 BC.
Nazi-Maruttash
Nazi-Maruttaš, also written Nazimaruttaš, was the twenty-third king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, son and successor of Kurigalzu II, ruling around 1300 BC for about twenty-five years.
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle
The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, also known as ABC 5 or the Jerusalem Chronicle, is a Babylonian tablet recording Nebuchadnezzar II's early reign, 605 to 595 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder
The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder, also known as the East India House Inscription, is a large limestone display tablet from Babylon bearing a first-person building inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II, now in the British Museum.
Nebuchadnezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), king of Babylon's Second Dynasty of Isin (ca. 1126–1104 BC), defeated Elam, sacked Susa ca. 1100 BC, and returned Marduk's statue to Babylon; not the later Nebuchadnezzar II.
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign was a war fought by Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon against Elam under King Hutelutuš-Inšušinak, later celebrated for the return of Marduk's statue to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk is the traditional account of how Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon defeated Elam around 1125–1104 BC and restored Marduk's stolen statue.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), second king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, reigned 605–562 BCE; won Karchemish, captured Jerusalem in 597 and 587/586, and rebuilt Babylon with the Ishtar Gate and outer wall.