Nabu-shum-lishir
Nabu-shum-lishir
Prince of Babylon
Nabu-shum-lishir (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-šum-līšir,[1] meaning "Nabu, make the name prosper!")[2] 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.