Mar-biti-apla-ushur
Mar-biti-apla-usur
King of Babylon
Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur, inscribed DUMU-É-A-PAB on contemporary inscriptions on Lorestān bronze arrowheads or dA-É-AxA-ŠEŠ in the Dynastic Chronicle, means “O Marbīti, protect the heir.”[1] Marbīti was a deity associated with Dēr with a sanctuary in Borsippa.[2] Mārbītiaplauṣur reigned from c. 980 to 975 BC and was the sole king of Babylon’s short-lived seventh or Elamite Dynasty.[i 1] He was a contemporary of Assyrian king Aššur-reš-iši II.[i 2]