Labashi-Marduk

Labashi-Marduk

Labashi-Marduk (Babylonian cuneiform: Lâbâši-Marduk or Lā-bâš-Marduk, meaning "O Marduk, may I not come to shame") was the fifth and penultimate king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling in 556 BC. He was the son and successor of Neriglissar. Though classical authors such as Berossus wrote that Labashi-Marduk was just a child when he became king, Babylonian documents indicate that he had been in charge of his own affairs before his rise to the throne, suggesting he was an adult, though possibly still relatively young. Labashi-Marduk's reign was very short, lasting only one to three months, with the last evidence of Neriglissar's life dating in April 556 BC and documents dated to Labashi-Marduk's successor, Nabonidus, appearing in May that same year and becoming widespread in Babylonia by the end of June. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Labashi-Marduk has received more than 224,702 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Labashi-Marduk is the 4,004th most popular politician (up from 4,661st in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 109th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Iraqi Politician.