Muballitat-Sherua

Muballitat-Sherua

Muballitat-Sherua

Princess of Assyria

Muballitat-Sherua was a princess of Assyria, daughter of Ashur-uballit I.

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Biography

Muballitat-Sherua was a daughter of the Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I (reigned c. 1363 and c. 1328 BC).[1] Her father was the first to adopt the title king of Assyria.[1] She was married to the Babylonian king Burna-Buriash II, who by that time had already been involved in royal intermarriage multiple times, sending several of his daughters to other courts.[1] According to Amanda Prodany, the Babylonian king was probably well into middle age by the time he married Muballitat-Sherua.[1] By Burna-Buriash she had Karahardash (Karaindash). He acceded to the Babylonian throne but was killed shortly thereafter during a rebellion.[2][3] His death was later avenged by his own grandfather, the Assyrian king.[4] Since Kara-hardash had been killed in the rebellion, the Assyrians placed on the Babylonian throne a certain Kurigalzu, who may have been Burnaburiash's son or grandson.[5]

There is debate over whether Muballit married Burna-Buriash or his son, that is Kara-ḫardaš,[6][7][8] as the historical sources don't agree.[9] One ancient source (Chronicle P) calls the son of Muballitat-Sherua (and Karaindash) Kadashman-Harbe,[4] the father of Kurigalzu, according to this chronicle.[10] The other primary source (the Synchronistic History), however, states that Kurigalzu was the son of Burnaburiash.[10][11] However, this source could also be interpreted as expressing that the father of Kurigalzu was Kara-hardash.[11] Kadashman-Harbe, then, could be another name for Kara-hardash.[11] Neither source records explicitly who was the husband of Muballitat-Sherua.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Podany, Amanda H. (2022). Weavers, Scribes, and Kings A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. p. 390. ISBN 9780190059040.
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    Erskine, Andrew (2012). A Companion to Ancient History. Wiley. p. 184. ISBN 9781118451366.
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    Grayson, Albert Kirk (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: From the beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. O. Harrassowitz. p. 50. ISBN 9783447013826.
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    Legrain, Leon. "The Oldest Dated Royal Seal. The Seal of Basha-Enzu, B. C. 2900". www.penn.museum. Penn Museum.
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    J. Oates – Babylon, 2003, pp 91–92
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    Kuhrt, Amélie (2020). The Ancient Near East C.3000–330 BC (2 Volumes). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136755552. In spite of the tension between Babylonia and Assyria at this time, a rapprochement was reached between the two, sealed by the marriage of Karaindash, Burnaburiash II's son, and Muballitat-Sherua, the daughter of Ashur-uballit.
  7. [7]
    Liverani, Mario (2013). The Ancient Near East History, Society and Economy. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781134750917. Burnaburiash, unable to obtain an Egyptian princess, gladly accepted the Assyrian king's daughter, Muballitat-Sherua, as daughter-in-law
  8. [8]
    Paul Collins (2008). From Egypt to Babylon: the international age 1550-500 BC. Trustees of the British Museum. p. 65.
  9. [9]
    A. K. Grayson (1975). Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles. J. J. Augustin. p. 211.
  10. [10]
    The Selected Synchronistic Kings of Assyria and Babylonia in the Lacunae of A.117. Brill. 2020. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9789004430921.
  11. [11]
    Radau, Hugo (1908). Letters to Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 59–61. ISBN 9781512820805.
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