Kashshu-nadin-ahi

Kaššu-nādin-aḫi or -aḫḫē, ^mBI(=kaš)-šú-u-MU-ŠEŠ,^{[i 1]} “(the) Kassite (god) gives (a) brother(s),” was the 3rd and final king of the 2nd Sealand Dynasty of Babylon, c. 1003–1001 BC. His brief three-year reign was marked by distressed times. There was a famine so severe that it caused the suspension of the regular food and drink offerings at the Ebabbar, or white house, temple of Šamaš in Sippar.^{[1][i 2]}

Kaššu-nādin-aḫi
King of Babylon
Reign	c. 1003–1001 BC
Predecessor	Ea-mukin-zēri
Successor	Eulmaš-šākin-šumi Bῑt-Bazi Dynasty
House	2nd Sealand Dynasty

Biography

The Kassite derived theophoric element (^dKaššû = “the Kassite (god)”) in his name is the only, rather tenuous, reference to the earlier dynasty,^[2] and may not be indicative of any actual affiliation so much as emulation of their longevity and presumed legitimacy. He was the son of a certain SAPpaia, who is otherwise unknown.^{[i 3]} The Synchronistic King List^{[i 4]} records his Assyrian contemporary as Aššur-nāsir-apli, c. 1050 to 1031 BC, but this is unlikely. The period of his reign falls midway through that of Aššur-rabi II, c. 1013 to 972 BC.

Although the Dynastic Chronicle records he was interred in a palace, its name is not preserved.^{[i 3]} There are currently no other inscriptions extant attesting to his rule,^[3] apart from the passing mention of his woes on the Sun God Tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina^[4] and a single inscription on a Lorestān bronze spear head.^[5]

Inscriptions

1. Babylonian King List A, BM 33332, iii 8.
2. The Sun God Tablet, BM 91000 i 24–28.
3. Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18), v 7.
4. Synchronistic King List iii 4 and Synchronistic KL Fragment (KAV 182 iii 1 (restored)).