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Marduk-zâkir-šumi, inscribed mdAMAR.UTU-za-kir-MU in a reconstruction of two kinglists, [i 1] [i 2] 'Marduk pronounced the name', [1] was a king of Babylon from 855 to 819 BC during the mixed dynastic period referred to in antiquity as the dynasty of E.
During years 851 and 850 BC, the Assyrian king Salmānu-ašarēdu III came to Marduk-zâkir-šumi‘s aid (ana nīrārūtišu) and campaigned in concert [nb 1] to force him to flee to the Jasubu mountainous region northeast, area of lower Diyāla.
May 11, 2020 · One of the earliest known depictions of a handshake—from the ninth century B.C. —shows King Shalmaneser III of Assyria and King Marduk-Zakir-Shumi I of Babylonia shaking hands in a gesture...
Dec 6, 2021 · Historians believe that the modern handshake is at least 3,000 years old, based on a relief from the ninth century BCE, which depicts King Marduk-Zakir-Shumi I of Babylonia shaking hands to forge an alliance with the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III.
Divine cylinder seal with the god Marduk and cuneiform inscription (dedication by Marduk-zakir-shumi I), from Parthian Period house, Amran Ibu Ali Mound, Babylon, Iraq.
Mar 22, 2017 · Marduk-zākir-šumi, king of the world, prince who reveres him, in order to ensure his good health (and) the well-being of his descendant (s), to prolong his days, to confirm his reign, to defeat his enemy, and to live in safety in his (the god Marduk’s) presence forever, had made and presented (to Marduk this) seal of shining lapis lazuli,
The Marduk-zakir-shumi I kudurru is a boundary stone ( kudurru) of Marduk-zakir-šumi I, a king in the 9th dynasty of Babylon from 855 - 819 BC.
