Simbar-shipak

Simbar-Šipak, or perhaps Simbar-Šiḫu, (typically inscribed msim-bar-dši-i-ḪU or si-im-bar-ši-ḪU in cuneiform, where the reading of the last symbol is uncertain):133 was a Babylonian king who reigned c. 1021–1004 BC.

Simbar-Šipak
King of Babylon
Part of Simbar-Šihu kudurru inscription
Reignc. 1021–1004 BC
PredecessorNabû-šuma-libūr
2nd Dynasty of Isin
SuccessorEa-mukin-zēri
House2nd Sealand Dynasty

His name means the “offspring of (the Kassite moon god) Šipak”. He founded the 2nd Dynasty of the Sealand, Babylon’s 5th Dynasty. He conducted a program of restoration of a number of temples that had been destroyed earlier by the marauding Arameans and the Sutû. His identification with the Sibir (mSi-bir) named by Ashurnasirpal II in his annals as having earlier captured and laid waste Atlila (probably modern Bakr Awa), a city on Assyria’s eastern flank, remains unresolved.

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