Marduk-zakir-shumi I

Marduk-zakir-shumi I

Marduk-zâkir-šumi, inscribed md-za-kir- in a reconstruction of two kinglists, “Marduk pronounced the name,” was a king of Babylon 855-819 BC during the mixed dynastic period referred to in antiquity as the dynasty of E. He was a contemporary of Assyrian kings, Salmānu-ašarēdu III) (859–824 BC) and Šamši-Adad V (824–811 BC) with whom he was allied.