Neriglissar was the fourth king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his usurpation of the throne in 560 BC to his death in 556 BC.
15 Facts About Neriglissar
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Nebuchadnezzar was initially succeeded by his son, Amel-Marduk, but Amel-Marduk's reign only lasted for two years before Neriglissar usurped the Babylonian throne and put him to death.
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Neriglissar successfully captured Appuwashu's capital, Ura, as well as another city, Kirshu, before conducting an amphibious attack against a nearby island and then laying waste to mountain passes on the western border to Lydia.
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Neriglissar was succeeded as king by his son, Labashi-Marduk, whose reign would only last for two or three months before being deposed and killed in favour of Nabonidus.
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Neriglissar was an active businessman and landowner during Nebuchadnezzar's reign.
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Neriglissar is recorded as having purchased properties from a bankrupt man by the name Nabu-ahhe-iddina and from a wealthy banker by the name Iddina-Marduk, both in Sippar.
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Neriglissar might be identical to a "Nergalsareser" which the Bible describes as present at Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC.
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Neriglissar's influence was further increased through his marriage to one of Nebuchadnezzar's daughters.
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Kashshaya is, like Neriglissar, attested as a wealthy landowner in Uruk during her father's reign.
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Four days later, documents instead dated to Neriglissar are known from both Babylon and Uruk.
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Neriglissar is known to have continued construction and repair work on the Esagila, the main temple in Babylon, as well as repaired the royal palace and the eastern bank of the Euphrates river after its annual flooding.
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When Neriglissar reached them he inflicted a defeat upon them and conquered the large army.
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Berossus writes that Neriglissar ruled four years before dying and being succeeded by his son Laborosoardokhos.
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Additionally, it is possible that while Neriglissar was seen as legitimate due to his connection to Nebuchadnezzar through his wife, Labashi-Marduk might have been the son of another wife of Neriglissar and thus completely unconnected to the royal dynasty.
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From one of his inscriptions commemorating his restoration of the Esagila at Babylon, Neriglissar's titles read as follows:.