Nabopolassar

Nabopolassar was the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire he reigned from 626 BC to 605 BC.

Nabopolassar
  • King of Babylon
  • King of Sumer and Akkad
  • King of the Universe
Clay cylinder of Nabopolassar from Babylon
King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Reign22/23 November 626 BC – July 605 BC[1][2]
PredecessorSinsharishkun
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
SuccessorNebuchadnezzar II
Bornc. 658 BC[3]
Uruk (?)
Died605 BC[3] (aged c. 53)
Babylon
IssueNebuchadnezzar II
Nabu-shum-lishir
Nabu-zer-ushabshi
AkkadianNabû-apla-uṣur
DynastyChaldean dynasty
FatherKudurru (?)

References
  1. Lipschits 2005, p. 14.
  2. Parker & Dubberstein 1942, p. 9.
  3. Garrison 2012, p. 43.
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