Muballitat-Sherua

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

Muballiṭat-Šērūa
Princess of Assyria
Born14th century BC
DiedLate 14th century BC
SpouseBurna-Buriash II
Issue
FatherAshur-uballit I

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. Podany, Amanda H. (2022). Weavers, Scribes, and Kings A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. p. 390. ISBN 9780190059040.
  2. Erskine, Andrew (2012). A Companion to Ancient History. Wiley. p. 184. ISBN 9781118451366.
  3. Grayson, Albert Kirk (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: From the beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. O. Harrassowitz. p. 50.
  4. Legrain, Leon. "The Oldest Dated Royal Seal. The Seal of Basha-Enzu, B. C. 2900". www.penn.museum. Penn Museum.
  5. J. Oates – Babylon, 2003, pp 91–92
  6. 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. 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. Paul Collins (2008). From Egypt to Babylon: the international age 1550-500 BC. Trustees of the British Museum. p. 65.
  9. A. K. Grayson (1975). Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles. J. J. Augustin. p. 211.
  10. The Selected Synchronistic Kings of Assyria and Babylonia in the Lacunae of A.117. Brill. 2020. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9789004430921.
  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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