Meli-Shipak II

Meli-Shipak II
Meli-Shipak II on a kudurru-Land presenting his daughter Ḫunnubat-Nanaya to the goddess Nanaya. The eight-pointed star was Inanna-Ishtar's most common symbol. Here it is shown alongside the solar disk of her brother Shamash (Sumerian Utu) and the crescent moon of her father Sin (Sumerian Nanna) on a boundary stone of Meli-Shipak II, dating to the twelfth century BC.
King of Babylon
Reignc. 1186 BC – c. 1172 BC
PredecessorAdad-shuma-usur
SuccessorMarduk-apla-iddina I
Diedc. 1172 BC
IssueMarduk-apla-iddina I
Ḫunnubat-Nanaya
FatherAdad-shuma-usur

Meli-Šipak II, or alternatively Melišiḫu in contemporary inscriptions, was the 33rd king of the Kassite or 3rd Dynasty of Babylon c. 1186–1172 BC and ruled for 15 years. Tablets with two of his year names, 4 and 10, were found at Ur. His reign marks the critical synchronization point in the chronology of the Ancient Near East.

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