Battle of Dur-Papsukkal
Battle of Dur-Papsukkal | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Neo-Assyrian Empire | Kingdom of Babylonia, Elam Aramean tribes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Shamshi-Adad V | Marduk-balassu-iqbi | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
13.000 soldiers[1] |
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Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Rise of Neo-Assyria
- Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
- Suru
- Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
- Qarqar
- Campaigns of Shamshi-Adad V
- Dur-Papsukkal
- Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III
- Gezer
- Conquest of Aram
- War with Urartu
- Campaigns of Sargon II
- Campaigns of Sennacherib
- Campaigns of Esarhaddon
- Campaigns of Ashurbanipal
- Medo-Babylonian conquest
- 2nd Babylon
- Arrapha
- Tarbisu
- Assur
- Nineveh
- Fall of Harran
The Battle of Dur-Papsukkal in 814 BC was fought by the Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V against the Babylonian king Marduk-balassu-iqbi, some Elamite allies,[2] and few Aramean tribes settled in Babylonia.
After quelling internal rebellions, King Shamshi-Adad V undertook a series of campaigns against Babylonia.[2] After capturing and spoiling several cities, he marched upon the royal city of Dur-Papsukkal.[1] According to Shamshi-Adad V's own inscriptions, he took the city after his troops slayed 13.000 soldiers.[1] Afterwards, he looted its treasures and captured the palace women before razing and burning it.[1][3]
Babylonian King Marduk-balassu-iqbi did not arrive in time to save the city[2] and, with his allied forces of Chaldeans, Elamites, Kassites and Arameans, faced the Assyrians near the city.[1] Shamshi-Adad V claimed victory.[1][3] This battle marked the limit of their advance on Babylonian lands for the year. He did not subdue Marduk-balassu-iqbi until the following year.[2]
Classical sources
- Babylonian Chronicles: Synchronic Chronicle (ABC 21/CM 10)
- The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods Vol 3 (RIMA)
References
- ^ a b c d e f RIMA 3 A.0.103 iv 22b-45
- ^ a b c d Brinkman, J.A. (1968). Political history of Post-Kassite Babylonia. Roma (Pontificium Institutum Biblicum). p. 317.
- ^ a b Babylonian Chronicles ABC 21 iii C6-iv A14, CM 10 iii.C-iv.A
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