Marduk-apla-usur

Marduk-apla-uṣur, inscribed ^dAMAR.UTU-A-ŠE[Š], or ^mdŠID-A-[x], meaning 'O Marduk, protect the heir' was an 8th century BC Chaldean tribal leader who ruled as King of Babylon after the reign of Marduk-bēl-zēri. He is known only from three inscriptions and ruled during a period of chaos.^: 215 He should not be confused with the Marduk-apla-uṣur who ruled Suḫi on the middle Euphrates and paid tribute to Salmānu-ašarēdu III a generation or so earlier.^: 201