Neriglissar
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Successor | Labashi-Marduk |
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Reign | c. 560 to 556 BC |
Predecessor | Amel-Marduk |
Children | Labashi-Marduk |
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ID | 720942 |
Neriglissar Life story
Nergal-sharezer or Neriglissar was King of Babylon from 560 to 556 BC. He was the son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II, whose son and heir, Amel-Marduk, Nergal-sharezer murdered and succeeded. A Babylonian chronicle describes his western war in 557/556 BC.