Nabu-shum-lishir

Nabu-shum-lishir
Prince of Babylon
Died602 BC (?)
Babylonia (?)
AkkadianNabû-šum-līšir
DynastyChaldean dynasty
FatherNabopolassar

Nabu-shum-lishir (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-šum-līšir, meaning "Nabu, make the name prosper!") was a Babylonian prince of the Chaldean dynasty and the second eldest son of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He may have attempted to usurp the Babylonian throne from his elder brother, Nebuchadnezzar II, in 602 BC.

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