Burnaburiash II

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Burnaburiash II was a prominent Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his extensive diplomatic correspondence with other major Near Eastern powers such as Egypt.

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Label Occurrences
Burnaburiash II canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Near Eastern ruler
Kassite king
King of Babylon
capital Babylon
complainedAbout Assyrian independence from Babylonian overlordship
concernedWith Balance of power in the Near East
correspondedWith Akhenaten
Amenhotep III
Assyria
Egyptian court at Amarna
Hatti
Mitanni
country Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
deathPlace Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
dynasty Kassite dynasty
linked to: Kassite period
engagedIn Royal gift exchange with Egypt
era Late Bronze Age
father Karaindash
foreignRelations Assyria
Egypt
Hittite Empire
Mitanni kingdom
knownFrom Amarna letters
Cuneiform inscriptions
language Akkadian
mentionedIn EA 10 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 11 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 15 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 6 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 7 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 8 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 9 (Amarna letter)
linked to: Amarna letters
notableFor Diplomatic correspondence with Egypt
Maintaining relations with major Near Eastern powers
Participation in the Amarna diplomatic system
positionHeld King of Babylon
predecessor Karaindash
region Mesopotamia
reignEnd circa 1333 BCE
reignInCentury 14th century BCE
reignStart circa 1359 BCE
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
ruleCharacterizedBy Active international diplomacy
sent Gold requests to Egyptian pharaohs
spouse Unnamed daughter of Ashur-uballit I
successor Kara-hardash
Kurigalzu II
title King of Karduniash
King of the Kassites
linked to: Burna-Buriash II
usedScript Cuneiform

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kassite period hasNotableRuler Burnaburiash II
King of Babylon positionHeldBy Burnaburiash II
Kassites notableRuler Burnaburiash II
Kurigalzu II predecessor Burnaburiash II
Kurigalzu II father Burnaburiash II
Ashur-uballit I daughterMarried Burnaburiash II