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{{Infobox former monarchy
| royal_title       = King
| realm             = Babylon
| native_name       = {{translit|akk|šakkanakki Bābili|italics=no}}<br />{{translit|akk|šar Bābili|italics=no}}
| coatofarms        = Shamash-sun-symbol (3 rays).svg
| coatofarmssize    = 100px
| coatofarmscaption = Stylised version of the star of [[Shamash]]{{efn|The star of Shamash was often used as a standard in southern Mesopotamia from the [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian period]] down to the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian period]].{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|p=168}}|group="n"|name=}}
| image             =Harran Stela.png 
| caption           ='''Last native king'''<br />'''[[Nabonidus]]'''<br />25 May 556 BC – 13 October 539 BC 
| first_monarch     = [[Sumu-abum]]
| last_monarch      =[[Nabonidus]]<br />(last native king)<br />[[Shamash-eriba]] or [[Nidin-Bel]]<br />(last native rebel)<br />[[Artabanus III of Parthia|Artabanus III]]<br />(last foreign ruler attested as king)<br />[[Artabanus IV of Parthia|Artabanus IV]]<br />(last Parthian king in Babylonia)
| style             = 
| residence         = 
| appointer         =Various: 
*Election by the Babylonian priesthood or aristocracy
*Hereditary inheritance
*Usurpation/conquest of Babylon 
| began             ={{circa}} 1894 BC 
| ended             =539 BC<br />(last native king)<br />484 BC or 336/335 BC<br />(last native rebel)<br />AD 81<br />(last foreign ruler attested as king)<br />AD 224<br />(last Parthian king in Babylonia)
}}The '''king of Babylon''' ([[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: {{translit|akk|šakkanakki Bābili}}, later also {{translit|akk|šar Bābili}}) was the ruler of the ancient [[Mesopotamia]]n city of [[Babylon]] and its kingdom, [[Babylonia]], which existed as an independent realm from the 19th century BC to its fall in the 6th century BC. For the majority of its existence as an independent kingdom, Babylon ruled most of southern Mesopotamia, composed of the ancient regions of [[Sumer]] and [[Akkad (region)|Akkad]]. The city experienced two major periods of ascendancy, when Babylonian kings rose to dominate large parts of the [[Ancient Near East]]: the [[First Babylonian Empire]] (or Old Babylonian Empire, {{Circa}} 1894/1880–1595 BC) and the [[Second Babylonian Empire]] (or Neo-Babylonian Empire, 626–539 BC). Babylon was ruled by [[Hammurabi]], who created the [[Code of Hammurabi]].

Many of Babylon's kings were of foreign origin. Throughout the city's nearly two-thousand year history, it was ruled by kings of native Babylonian (Akkadian), [[Amorites|Amorite]], [[Armenians|Armenian]], [[Kassites|Kassite]], [[Elam]]ite, [[Arameans|Aramean]], [[Assyria]]n, [[Chaldea]]n, [[Persians|Persian]], [[Greeks|Greek]] and [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] origin. A king's cultural and ethnic background does not appear to have been important for the Babylonian perception of kingship, the important matter instead being whether the king was capable of executing the duties traditionally ascribed to the Babylonian king: establishing peace and security, upholding justice, honouring civil rights, refraining from unlawful taxation, respecting religious traditions, constructing temples, providing gifts to the gods in the temples and maintaining cultic order. Babylonian revolts of independence during the times the city was ruled by foreign empires probably had little to do with the rulers of these empires not being Babylonians and more to do with the rulers rarely visiting Babylon and failing to partake in the city's rituals and traditions.

Babylon's last native king was [[Nabonidus]], who reigned from 556 to 539 BC. During his rule, [[Cyrus the Great]] of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] conquered Babylon. Though early Achaemenid kings continued to place importance on Babylon and continued using the title 'king of Babylon', later Achaemenid rulers being ascribed the title is probably only something done by the Babylonians, while the kings abandoned it. Babylonian scribes continued to recognise rulers of the empires that controlled Babylonia as their kings until the time of the [[Parthian Empire]], when Babylon was gradually abandoned. Though Babylon never regained independence after the Achaemenid conquest, there were several attempts by the Babylonians to drive out their foreign rulers and re-establish their kingdom, possibly as late as 336/335 BC under the rebel [[Nidin-Bel]].

== Introduction ==
=== Royal titles ===
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| footer = Three different attested spellings in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian cuneiform for the title 'king of Babylon' ({{translit|akk|šar Bābili}}). The topmost rendition follows the [[Antiochus cylinder]], the other two follow building inscriptions by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] ({{reign}}605–562 BC).
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Throughout the city's long history, various titles were used to designate the ruler of [[Babylon]] and its kingdom, the most common titles being 'viceroy of Babylon', 'king of [[Karduniaš|Karduniash]]' and '[[king of Sumer and Akkad]]'.{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=23}} Oftne, more than one of these titles was used.{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=24}}

* '''Viceroy''' (or '''governor''') '''of Babylon''' ({{translit|akk|šakkanakki Bābili}}){{sfn|Karlsson|2017|p=2}} – emphasises the political dominion of Babylon.{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=23}} For much of Babylon's history, its rulers referred to themselves as viceroys or governors, rather than kings. The reason for this was that Babylon's true king was formally considered to be its national deity, [[Marduk]]. By not explicitly claiming the royal title, rulers thus showed reverence to the city's god.{{Sfn|Luckenbill|1924|p=9}} The reign of the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian]] king [[Sennacherib]] ({{Reign}}705–681 BC) has been noted as a particular break in this tradition,{{Sfn|Luckenbill|1924|p=9}} as he assumed the title '''king of Babylon''' ({{translit|akk|šar Bābili}}),{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=260}} which may have contributed to widespread negative reception of him in Babylonia.{{Sfn|Luckenbill|1924|p=9}} However, {{translit|akk|šar Bābili}} is recorded as being used in some inscriptions from before Sennacherib, such as in the inscriptions of his father and predecessor [[Sargon II]] ({{Reign}}710–705 BC in Babylon), who used it interchangeably with {{translit|akk|šakkanakki Bābili}}.{{sfn|Karlsson|2017|p=2}} Though Sennacherib's successors would primarily use {{translit|akk|šakkanakki Bābili}},{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=28}} there are likewise examples of them instead using {{translit|akk|šar Bābili}}.{{sfn|Karlsson|2017|p=|pp=6, 11}} These titles were also used interchangeably by the later [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian]] kings.{{sfn|Stevens|2014|p=68}}
* '''King of Karduniash''' ({{translit|akk|šar Karduniaš}}){{sfn|Goetze|1964|p=98}} – refers to rule of southern [[Mesopotamia]] as a whole.{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=23}} 'Karduniash' was the [[Kassites|Kassite]] name for the Babylonian kingdom, and the title 'king of Karduniash' was introduced by the city's third dynasty (the Kassites).{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=22}} The title continued to be used long after the Kassites had lost control of Babylon, for instance as late as under the native king [[Nabu-shuma-ukin I]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa|}} 900–888 BC){{sfn|Van Der Meer|1955|p=42}} and the Neo-Assyrian king [[Esarhaddon]] ({{Reign}}681–669 BC).{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=28}}
* '''King of Sumer and Akkad''' ({{translit|akk|šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi}}){{sfn|Da Riva|2013|p=72}} – refers to rule of southern Mesopotamia as a whole,{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=23}} a title originally used by the kings of the [[Third Dynasty of Ur]] ({{Circa}} 2112–2004 BC), centuries prior to Babylon's foundation. The title was used by kings to connect themselves to the culture and legacy of the [[Sumer]]ian and [[Akkad (city)|Akkadian]] civilizations,{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=21}} as well as to lay claim to the political hegemony achieved during the [[Akkadian Empire]]. The title was also a geographical one, in that southern Mesopotamia was typically divided into the two regions Sumer (the south) and Akkad (the north), meaning that 'king of Sumer and Akkad' referred to rulership over the entire country.{{sfn|Soares|2017|p=22}} The title was used by the Babylonian kings until the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC and was also assumed by [[Cyrus the Great]], who [[Fall of Babylon|conquered Babylon]] in 539 BC and ruled Babylonia until his death in 530 BC.{{sfn|Peat|1989|p=199}}

=== Role and legitimacy ===
The Babylonian kings derived their right to rule from divine appointment by Babylon's patron deity [[Marduk]] and through consecration by its priests.{{sfn|Zaia|2019|p=3}} Marduk's main cult image (often conflated with the god himself), the [[statue of Marduk]], was prominently used in the coronation rituals for the kings, who received their crowns "out of the hands" of Marduk during the [[Akitu|New Year's festival]], symbolizing them being bestowed with kingship by the deity.'''''{{Sfn|Dandamaev|1989|p=|pp=185–186}}''''' The king's rule and his role as Marduk's vassal on Earth were reaffirmed annually at this time of year, when the king entered the [[Esagila]], Babylon's main cult temple, alone on the fifth day of the New Year's Festival each year and met with the high priest. The high priest removed the [[regalia]] from the king, slapped him across the face and made him kneel before Marduk's statue. The king would then tell the statue that he had not oppressed his people and that he had maintained order throughout the year, whereafter the high priest would reply (on behalf of Marduk) that the king could continue to enjoy divine support for his rule, returning the royal regalia.'''''{{Sfn|Laing|Frost|2017|p=}}''''' Through being a patron of Babylon's temples, the king extended his generosity towards the Mesopotamian gods, who in turn empowered his rule and lent him their authority.{{sfn|Zaia|2019|p=3}}

Babylonian kings were expected to establish peace and security, uphold justice, honor civil rights, refrain from unlawful taxation, respect religious traditions and maintain cultic order. None of the king's responsibilities and duties required him to be ethnically or even culturally Babylonian. Any foreigner sufficiently familiar with the royal customs of Babylonia could adopt the title, though they might then require the assistance of the native priesthood and the native scribes. Ethnicity and culture does not appear to have been important in the Babylonian perception of kingship: many foreign kings enjoyed support from the Babylonians, and several native kings were despised.{{sfn|Zaia|2019|p=4}} That the rule of some foreign kings was not supported by the Babylonians probably has little to do with their ethnic or cultural background, but rather that they were perceived as not properly executing the traditional duties of the Babylonian king.{{sfn|Zaia|2019|pp=3–7}}

=== Dynasties ===
[[File:Dynasty of Babylon (1st dynasty) in Akkadian.png|thumb|The name of Babylon's first dynasty ({{translit|akk|palû Babili}}, simply 'dynasty of Babylon') in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian cuneiform]]
As with other monarchies, the kings of Babylon are grouped into a series of royal dynasties, a practice started by the ancient Babylonians in their king lists.{{sfn|Fales|2014|p=208}}{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} The generally accepted Babylonian dynasties should not be understood as familial groupings in the same vein as the term is commonly used by historians for ruling families in later kingdoms and empires. Though Babylon's first dynasty did form a dynastic grouping where all monarchs were related, the dynasties of the first millennium BC, notably the dynasty of E, did not constitute a series of coherent familial relationships at all. In a Babylonian sense, the term dynasty, rendered as {{translit|akk|palû}} or {{translit|akk|palê}}, related to a sequence of monarchs from the same ethnic or tribal group (i.e. the Kassite dynasty), the same region (i.e. the dynasties of the Sealand) or the same city (i.e. the dynasties of Babylon and Isin).{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} In some cases, kings known to be genealogically related, such as [[Eriba-Marduk]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa}} 769–760 BC) and his grandson [[Marduk-apla-iddina II]] ({{Reign}}722–710 BC and 703 BC), were separated into different dynasties, the former designated as belonging to the Dynasty of E and the latter as belonging to the (Third) Sealand dynasty.{{sfn|Fales|2014|p=210}}

=== Sources ===
[[File:Lista dei re di Uruk (Tavoletta).jpg|thumb|The [[Uruk King List]], recording rulers of Babylon from [[Kandalanu]] ({{Reign}}648–627 BC) to [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] ({{Reign}}246–225 BC)]]
[[File:Hellenistic King List BM 35603.jpg|thumb|The [[Seleucid dynasty#Seleucid rulers|Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period]], recording rulers of Babylon from [[Alexander the Great]] ({{Reign}}331–323 in Babylon) to [[Demetrius II Nicator]] ({{Reign}}145–141 BC in Babylon)]]
Among all the different types of documents uncovered through excavations in Mesopotamia, the most important for reconstructions of chronology and political history are king-lists and chronicles, grouped together under the term 'chronographic texts'. Mesopotamian king lists are of special importance when reconstructing the sequences of monarchs, as they are collections of royal names and regnal dates, also often with additional information such as the relations between the kings, arranged in a table format. In terms of Babylonian rulers, the main document is the Babylonian King List (BKL), a group of three independent documents: Babylonian King List A, B, and C. In addition to the main Babylonian King Lists, there are also additional king-lists that record rulers of Babylon.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|pp=1–2}}
* [[Babylonian King List A]] (BKLa, BM 33332){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=|pp=2, 4}} — created at some point after the foundation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Babylonian King List A records the kings of Babylon from the beginning the first dynasty under [[Sumu-abum]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa|}} 1894–1881 BC) to [[Kandalanu]] ({{Reign}}648–627 BC). The end of the tablet is broken off, suggesting that it originally listed rulers after Kandalanu as well, possibly also listing the kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. All dynasties are separated by horizontal lines, under which subscript records a sum of the regnal years of each dynasty, and the number of kings the dynasties produced. Written in Neo-Babylonian script.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=4}}
*[[Babylonian King List B]] (BKLb, BM 38122){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=|pp=2, 4}} — date of origin uncertain, written in Neo-Babylonian script. Babylonian King List B records the kings of the first dynasty and the kings of the First Sealand dynasty, with subscripts recording the number of kings and their summed up reigns in these dynasties. Regnal years are recorded for the kings of the first dynasty, but omitted for the kings of the Sealand dynasty. The regnal years used for the kings are inconsistent with their actual reign lengths, possibly because the author copied the list from a document where the years had been lost or damaged. The list records genealogical information for all but two of the kings of the first dynasty, but only for two of the kings of the Sealand dynasty. Because the document is essentially two lists for two dynasties, it is possible that it was copied and extracted from longer king lists in the late period for some unknown purpose.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=4}}
*[[Babylonian King List C]] (BKLc){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=2}} — a short text,{{Sfn|Poebel|1955|p=1}} written in Neo-Babylonian script.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=4}} King List C is important as a source on the second dynasty of Isin, as the first seven lines of the preserved nine lines of text provide a portion of the sequence of kings of this dynasty and their dates. The corresponding section in Babylonian King List A is incompletely preserved.{{Sfn|Poebel|1955|p=1}} As the list ends with the Isin dynasty's seventh king, [[Marduk-shapik-zeri]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa|}} 1081–1069 BC), it is possible that it was written during the reign of his successor, [[Adad-apla-iddina]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa|}} 1068–1047 BC).{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=4}} Its short length and unusual shape (being curved rather than flat){{Sfn|Poebel|1955|p=1}} means that it might have been a practice tablet used by a young Babylonian student.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=4}}
*[[Synchronistic King List]] (ScKL){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=5}} — a collection of individual tablets and examplars. The Synchronistic King List features two columns and records the kings of Babylon and Assyria together, with kings recorded next to each other presumably being contemporaries. Unlike most of the other documents, this list generally omits regnal years and any genealogical information, but it also differs in including many of the chief scribes under the Assyrian and Babylonian kings. The tablet with the earliest known portion of the list begins with the Assyrian king [[Erishum I]] (''uncertain regnal dates'') and the Babylonian king [[Sumu-la-El]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa|}} 1880–1845 BC). The latest known portion ends with [[Ashur-etil-ilani]] ({{Reign}}631–627 BC) in Assyria and Kandalanu in Babylon. As it is written in Neo-Assyrian script, it might have been created near the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=|pp=5–8}}
*[[Uruk King List]] (UKL, IM 65066){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=2}} — the preserved portion of this king list records rulers from Kandalanu in the Assyrian period to [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] ({{Reign}}246–225 BC) in the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] period.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=2}}
*[[Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period]] (BM 35603){{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=2}} — written at Babylon at some point after 141 BC, recording rulers from the start of Hellenistic rule in Babylonia under [[Alexander the Great]] ({{Reign}}331–323 in Babylon),{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=202}} to the end of Seleucid rule under [[Demetrius II Nicator]] ({{Reign}}145–141 BC in Babylon) and the conquest of Babylonia by the [[Parthian Empire]].{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=209}} Entries before [[Seleucus I Nicator]] ({{Reign}}305–281 BC) and after [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] ({{Reign}}175–164 BC) are damaged and fragmentary.{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|pp=204–205, 209}}
As years in Babylon were named after the current king and the current year of their reign, date formulas in economic, astronomical and literary cuneiform texts written in Babylonia also provide highly important and useful chronological data.{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=201}}{{Sfn|Van Der Spek|1993|p=95}}

=== Kingship after the Neo-Babylonian Empire ===
[[File:Relief Artaxerxes I Naqsh-e Rostam.jpg|left|thumb|Relief of [[Artaxerxes I]] of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] ({{Reign}}465–424 BC), the last of the Achaemenid kings to officially use the title 'king of Babylon']]
In addition to the king lists described above, cuneiform inscriptions and tablets confidently establish that the Babylonians continued to recognise the foreign rulers of Babylonia as their legitimate monarchs after the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and throughout the rule of the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] (539–331 BC), [[Alexander the Great|Argead]] (331–310 BC), and Seleucid (305–141 BC) empires, as well as well into the rule of the Parthian Empire (141 BC – AD 224).{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert}}

Early Achaemenid kings greatly respected Babylonian culture and history, and regarded Babylonia as a separate entity or kingdom united with their own kingdom in something akin to a personal union.'''''{{Sfn|Dandamaev|1989|p=|pp=185–186}}''''' Despite this, the Babylonians would grow to resent Achaemenid rule, just as they had resented Assyrian rule during the time their country was under the rule of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.'''''{{Sfn|Dandamaev|1989|p=|pp=185–186}}''''' Babylonian resentment of the Achaemenids likely had little to do with the Achaemenids being foreigners, but rather that the Achaemenid kings were perceived to not be capable of executing the duties of the Babylonian king properly, in line with established Babylonian tradition. This perception then led to frequent Babylonian revolts, an issue experienced by both the Assyrians and the Achaemenids. Since the capitals of the Assyrian and Achaemenid empires were elsewhere, these foreign kings did not regularly partake in the city's rituals (meaning that they could not be celebrated in the same way that they traditionally were) and they rarely performed their traditional duties to the Babylonian cults through constructing temples and presenting cultic gifts to the city's gods. This failure might have been interpreted as the kings thus not having the necessary divine endorsement to be considered true kings of Babylon.{{sfn|Zaia|2019|pp=6–7}}

The standard regnal title used by the early Achaemenid kings, not only in Babylon but throughout their empire, was 'king of Babylon and king of the lands'. The Babylonian title was gradually abandoned by the Achaemenid king [[Xerxes I]] ({{Reign}}486–465 BC), after he had to put down a major Babylonian uprising. Xerxes also divided the previously large Babylonian satrapy into smaller sub-units and, according to some sources, damaged the city in an act of retribution.'''''{{Sfn|Dandamaev|1989|p=|pp=185–186}}''''' The last Achaemenid king whose own royal inscriptions officially used the title 'king of Babylon' was Xerxes I's son and successor [[Artaxerxes I]] ({{Reign}}465–424 BC).{{Sfn|Waerzeggers|2018|p=3}} After Artaxerxes I's rule there are few examples of monarchs using the title, though the Babylonians continued to ascribe it to their rulers. The only known official explicit use of 'king of Babylon' by a king during the Seleucid period can be found in the [[Antiochus cylinder]], a clay cylinder containing a text wherein [[Antiochus I Soter]] ({{Reign}}281–261 BC) calls himself, and his father Seleucus I Nicator ({{Reign}}305–281 BC), by the title 'king of Babylon', alongside various other ancient Mesopotamian titles and honorifics.{{Sfn|Sherwin-White|1991|p=75–77}} The Seleucid kings continued to respect Babylonian traditions and culture, with several Seleucid kings recorded as having "given gifts to Marduk" in Babylon and the New Year's Festival still being recorded as a contemporary event.{{Sfn|Hoover|2011|p=204}}'''''{{Sfn|Deloucas|2016|p=59}}{{Sfn|Kosmin|2014|p=192}}''''' One of the last times the festival is known to have been celebrated was in 188 BC, under the Seleucid king [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] ({{Reign}}222–187 BC), who prominently partook in the rituals.{{Sfn|Kosmin|2014|p=192}} From the Hellenistic period (i. e. the rule of the Greek Argeads and Seleucids) onwards, Greek culture became established in Babylonia, but per Oelsner (2014), the Hellenistic culture "did not deeply penetrate the ancient Babylonian culture, that persisted to exist in certain domains and areas until the 2nd c. AD".{{Sfn|Oelsner|2014|p=297}}
[[File:Coin of Artabanus III of Parthia (cropped), Seleucia mint.jpg|thumb|Coin of [[Artabanus III of Parthia|Artabanus III]] of the [[Parthian Empire]] ({{Reign}}AD 79/80–81), the last known ruler who is attested as king in Babylonian texts]]
Under the Parthian Empire, Babylon was gradually abandoned as a major urban centre and the old Babylonian culture diminished.'''''{{Sfn|Van Der Spek|2001|p=449}}''''' The nearby and newer imperial capitals cities of [[Seleucia]] and later [[Ctesiphon]] overshadowed the ancient city and became the seats of power in the region.'''''{{Sfn|Brown|2008|p=77}}''''' Babylon was still important in the first century or so of Parthian rule''''',{{Sfn|Van Der Spek|2001|p=449}}''''' and cuneiform tablets continued to recognise the rule of the Parthian kings.'''''{{Sfn|Van Der Spek|2001|p=451}}''''' The standard title formula applied to the Parthian kings in Babylonian documents was "{{translit|akk|ar-ša-kâ}} {{translit|sux|{{sc|lugal.lugal.meš}}}}" ({{translit|akk|Aršakâ šar šarrāni}}, "Arsaces, [[King of Kings|king of kings]]").'''''{{Sfn|Boiy|2004|p=187}}''''' Several tablets from the Parthian period also in their date formulae mention the queen of the incumbent Parthian king, alongside the king, the first time women were officially recognised as monarchs of Babylon.{{Sfn|Oelsner|1964|p=272}} The few documents that survive from Babylon in the Parthian period indicate a growing sense of alarm and alienation in Babylon as the Parthian kings were mostly absent from the city and the Babylonians noticed their culture slowly slipping away.'''''{{Sfn|Haubold|2019|p=276}}'''''

When exactly Babylon was abandoned is unclear. The Roman author [[Pliny the Elder]] wrote in AD 50 that proximity to Seleucia had turned Babylon into a "barren waste" and during their campaigns in the east, Roman emperors [[Trajan]] (in AD 115) and [[Septimius Severus]] (in AD 199) supposedly found the city destroyed and deserted. Archaeological evidence and the writings of [[Abba Arikha]] ({{Circa|}} AD 219) indicate that at least the temples of Babylon may still have been active in the early 3rd century.'''''{{Sfn|Brown|2008|p=77}}''''' If any remnants of the old Babylonian culture still existed at that point, they would have been decisively wiped out as the result of religious reforms in the early [[Sasanian Empire]] {{Circa|}} AD 230.'''''{{Sfn|George|2007|p=64}}'''''

Due to a shortage of sources, and the timing of Babylon's abandonment being unknown, the last ruler recognised by the Babylonians as king is not known. The latest known cuneiform tablet is W22340a, found at [[Uruk]] and dated to AD 79/80. The tablet preserves the word {{translit|sux|{{sc|lugal}}}} (king), indicating that the Babylonians by this point still recognised a king.{{sfn|Hunger|de Jong|2014|p=182–185}} At this time, Babylonia was ruled by the Parthian rival king (i. e. usurper) [[Artabanus III of Parthia|Artabanus III]].{{sfn|Schippmann|1986|pp=647–650}} Modern historians are divided on where the line of monarchs ends. Spar and Lambert (2005) did not include any rulers beyond the first century AD in their list of kings recognised by the Babylonians,{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert}} but Beaulieu (2018) considered 'Dynasty XIV of Babylon' (his designation for the Parthians as rulers of the city) to have lasted until the end of Parthian rule of Babylonia in the early 3rd century AD.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=14}}

=== Names in cuneiform ===
The list below includes the names of all the kings in Akkadian, as well as how the Akkadian names were rendered in [[cuneiform]] signs. Up until the reign of [[Burnaburiash II]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa}} 1359–1333 BC) of the [[Kassite dynasty]] (Dynasty III), [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] was the dominant language for use in inscriptions and official documents, with Akkadian eclipsing it under the reign of [[Kurigalzu II]] ({{Reign}}{{Circa}} 1332–1308 BC), and thereafter replacing Sumerian in inscriptions and documents.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=144}} For consistency purposes, and because several kings and their names are known only from king lists,{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=|pp=125–130, 176–177, 185}} which were written in Akkadian centuries after Burnaburiash II's reign, this list solely uses Akkadian, rather than Sumerian, for the royal names, though this is anachronistic for rulers before Burnaburiash II.

It is not uncommon for there to be several different spellings of the same name in Akkadian, even when referring to the same individual.{{Sfn|George|2003|p=85}}{{Sfn|Bloch|2012|p=14}} To exemplify this, the table below presents two ways the name of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] ({{Reign}}605–562 BC) was spelt in Akkadian ({{translit|akk|Nabû-kudurri-uṣur}}). The list of kings below uses more concise spellings when possible, primarily based on the renditions of names in date formulae and king lists.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="40%" |Concise spelling (king lists)
! width="60%" |Elaborate spelling (building inscriptions)
|-
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar in Akkadian.png|140x140px]]<br />{{translit|akk|Nabû - kudurri - uṣur}}{{Sfn|Bertin|1891|p=50}}
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar in Akkadian (long version).png|315x315px]]<br />{{translit|akk|Na - bi - um - ku - du - ur - ri - u - ṣu - ur}}{{Sfn|Wallis Budge|1884|p=69}}
|}

Even if the same spelling is used, there were also several different scripts of cuneiform signs: a name, even if spelt the same, looks considerably different in Old Babylonian signs compared to Neo-Babylonian signs or Neo-Assyrian signs.{{Sfn|Ceresko|2001|p=32}} The table below presents different variants, depending on the signs used, of the name Antiochus in Akkadian ({{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}). The list of kings below uses Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian signs, given that those scripts are the signs primarily used in the king lists.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="25%" |Date formulae (Neo-Babylonian signs)
! width="25%" |Antiochus cylinder{{efn|The Antiochus cylinder is written in Babylonian cuneiform, though with some unorthodox and strange choices of signs. Its rendition of the name Antiochus is featured here, alongside transcriptions of the same spelling of Antiochus, but with ordinary Babylonian and Assyrian signs, to illustrate the differences.{{Sfn|Wallis Budge|1884|pp=94–97}}|group="n"|name=}}
! width="25%" |Antiochus cylinder (Neo-Babylonian signs)
! width="25%" |Antiochus cylinder (Neo-Assyrian signs)
|-
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|160x160px]]<br />{{translit|akk|An - ti - ʾ - i - ku - su}}{{Sfn|Strassmaier|1888|p=137}}
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian (Antiochus cylinder).png|169x169px]]<br />{{translit|akk|An - ti - ʾ - ku - us}}{{Sfn|Wallis Budge|1884|p=94}}
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian (Antiochus Cylinder - ordinary Babylonian).png|151x151px]]<br />{{translit|akk|An - ti - ʾ - ku - us}}{{Sfn|Wallis Budge|1884|p=97}}
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian (Antiochus Cylinder - Assyrian).png|166x166px]]<br />{{translit|akk|An - ti - ʾ - ku - us}}{{Sfn|Wallis Budge|1884|p=97}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Amorite dynasty"></span> Dynasty I (Amorite), 1894–1595 BC ==
Per BKLb, the native name for this dynasty was simply {{translit|akk|palû Babili}} ('dynasty of Babylon').{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=12}} To differentiate it from the other dynasties that later ruled Babylon, modern historians often refer to this dynasty as the 'First Dynasty of Babylon'.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=12}} Some historians refer to this dynasty as the 'Amorite dynasty'{{Sfn|Chen|2020|pp=202–206}} on account of the kings being of [[Amorites|Amorite]] descent.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=67}} While the king list gives a regnal length of 31 years for the final king, Samsu-Ditana, the [[destruction layer]] at Babylon is dated to his 26th year and no later sources have been found.<ref>Koppen, Frans van. "2. The Early Kassite Period". Volume 1 Karduniaš. Babylonia under the Kassites 1, edited by Alexa Bartelmus and Katja Sternitzke, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2017, pp. 45-92</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Sumu-abum]]'''{{Efn|Sumu-abum was the first king of Babylon according to Babylonian King Lists A and B. There is no contemporary evidence for his rule in Babylon; the earliest ruler who there is textual evidence of in Babylon itself is Sin-Muballit, the fifth king according to the king lists. Sumu-abum is contemporarily attested as a ruler of the cities [[Dilbat]], [[Sippar]] and [[Kisurra]], but some evidence seems to suggest that he and Sumu-la-El (his supposed successor) were contemporaries. Later rulers of Babylon's first dynasty referred to Sumu-la-El, rather than Sumu-abum, as the founder of their dynasty. It is possible that Sumu-abum did not rule Babylon, but for some reason was inserted in later traditions into the city's dynastic history. Perhaps Sumu-la-El ruled Babylon as a vassal of Sumu-abum, who might have ruled a larger group of territories.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|pp=69–70}}|name=Sumu-abum}}
|[[File:Sumu-abum in Akkadian.png|90x90px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šumu-abum}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1894 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1881 BC
|First king of Babylon in BKLa and BKLb
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Sumu-la-El]]'''
|[[File:Sumu-la-El in Akkadian.png|99x99px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šumu-la-El}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1880 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1845 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Sabium]]'''
|[[File:Sabium in Akkadian.png|66x66px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sabūm}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1844 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1831 BC
|Son of Sumu-la-El
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Apil-Sin]]'''
|[[File:Apil-Sin in Akkadian.png|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Apil-Sîn}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1830 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1813 BC
|Son of Sabium
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Sin-Muballit]]'''
|[[File:Sin-Muballit in Akkadian.png|114x114px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sîn-Muballit}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1812 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1793 BC
|Son of Apil-Sin
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Hammurabi]]'''
|[[File:Hammurabi in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ḫammu-rāpi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1792 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1750 BC
|Son of Sin-Muballit
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Samsu-iluna]]'''
|[[File:Samsu-Iluna in Akkadian.png|125x125px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šamšu-iluna}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1749 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1712 BC
|Son of Hammurabi
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Abi-Eshuh]]'''
|[[File:Abi-Eshuh in Akkadian.png|68x68px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Abī-Ešuḫ}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1711 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1684 BC
|Son of Samsu-iluna
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Ammi-Ditana]]'''
|[[File:Ammi-Ditana in Akkadian.png|125x125px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ammi-ditāna}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1683 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1647 BC
|Son of Abi-Eshuh
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Ammi-Saduqa]]'''
|[[File:Ammi-Saduqa in Akkadian.png|122x122px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ammi-Saduqa}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1646 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1626 BC
|Son of Ammi-Ditana
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|-
|'''[[Samsu-Ditana]]'''
|[[File:Samsu-Ditana in Akkadian.png|154x154px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šamšu-ditāna}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1625 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1595 BC
|Son of Ammi-Saduqa
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=69}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="First Sealand dynasty"></span> Dynasty II (First Sealand), 1725–1475 BC ==
{{See also|First Sealand dynasty}}
Both BKLa and BKLb refer to this dynasty as {{translit|akk|palû Urukug}} ('dynasty of Urukug'). Presumably, the city of [[Urukug]] was the dynasty's point of origin. Some literary sources refer to some of the kings of this dynasty as 'kings of the Sealand', and thus modern historians refer to it as a dynasty of the Sealand. The designation as the first Sealand dynasty differentiates it from Dynasty V, which the Babylonians actually referred to as a 'dynasty of the Sealand'.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=12}} This dynasty overlaps with Dynasty I and Dynasty III, with these kings actually ruling the region south of Babylon (the Sealand) rather than Babylon itself.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} For instance, the king Gulkishar of this dynasty was actually a contemporary of Dynasty I's last king, Samsu-Ditana.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=131}} It is possible that the dynasty was included in Babylon's dynastic history by later scribes either because it controlled Babylon for a time, because it controlled or strongly influenced parts of Babylonia or because it was the most stable power of its time in Babylonia.{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=46}} The dates listed below are highly uncertain, and follow the timespan listed for the dynasty in Beaulieu (2018), {{Circa}} 1725–1475 BC, with the individual dates based the lengths of the reigns of the kings, also as given by Beaulieu (2018).{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=129}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Ilum-ma-ili]]'''
|[[File:Ilum-ma-ili (chronicle of early kings).png|frameless|64x64px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ilum-ma-ilī}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1725 BC
|??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Itti-ili-nibi]]'''
|[[File:Itti-ili-nibi in Akkadian.png|85x85px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Itti-ili-nībī}}</small>
|colspan=2|??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|...{{Efn|No king list includes a king between Itti-ili-nibi and Damqi-ilishu, and Babylonian King List A states that Dynasty II had 11 kings, speaking against the existence of this figure. The existence of an unknown king here is thus very speculative, based on the presence of the sign {{translit|sux|{{sc|aš}}|italics=no}} between lines 5 and 6 of BKLa, between Itti-ili-nibi and Damqi-ilishu, which might be a reference to a king between them, as the same sign later in the list has been seen by some scholars as evidence of an attestation of another unknown king, attested in the Synchronistic King List but unattested in other sources.{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=37}}}}
|—<br />{{efn|Name not preserved.{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=37}}|group="n"}}
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession
|{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=37}}
|-
|'''[[Damqi-ilishu]]'''
|[[File:Damqi-ilishu in Akkadian.png|115x115px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Damqi-ilišu}}</small>
|colspan=2|[26 years(?)]
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Ishkibal]]'''
|[[File:Ishkibal in Akkadian.png|83x83px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Iškibal}}</small>
|colspan=2|[15 years]
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Shushushi]]'''
|[[File:Shushushi in Akkadian.png|87x87px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šušši}}</small>
|colspan=2|[24 years]
|Brother of Ishkibal
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Gulkishar]]'''
|[[File:Gulkishar in Akkadian.png|70x70px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Gulkišar}}</small>
|colspan=2|[55 years]
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|''<sup>m</sup>DIŠ-U-EN''{{Efn|Omitted in Babylonian King Lists A and B, only being included in the Synchronistic King List. The reading of the signs making up his name is not certain.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=129}} The issue derives from the poor quality early photographs of the tablet and its subsequent deteriorating condition. The presence of the sign {{translit|sux|AŠ|italics=no}} between lines 10 and 11 of BKLa, between Gulkishar and Peshgaldaramesh might be a reference to a king between them.{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=37}} Given that he only appears in one source, and BKLa states that there were 11 kings of this dynasty, his existence is not certain. Perhaps he was a real king who reigned very briefly.{{Sfn|Boivin|2018|p=37}}}}
|[[File:Sealand King Unknown Reading.png|frameless|68x68px]]<br /><small>[Uncertain reading]</small>
|colspan=2|??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Peshgaldaramesh]]'''
|[[File:Peshgaldaramesh in Akkadian.png|101x101px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Pešgaldarameš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1599 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1549 BC
|Son of Gulkishar
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Ayadaragalama]]'''
|[[File:Ayadaragalama in Akkadian.png|106x106px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ayadaragalama}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1548 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1520 BC
|Son of Peshgaldaramesh
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Akurduana]]'''
|[[File:Akurduana in Akkadian.png|100x100px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Akurduana}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1519 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1493 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Melamkurkurra]]'''
|[[File:Melamkurkurra in Akkadian.png|119x119px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Melamkurkurra}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1492 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1485 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|-
|'''[[Ea-gamil]]'''
|[[File:Ea-gamil in Akkadian.png|120x120px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ea-gamil}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1484 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1475 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=129–130}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Kassite dynasty"></span> Dynasty III (Kassite), 1729–1155 BC ==
{{See also|Kassite dynasty}}
The entry for this dynasty's name in BKLa is lost, but other Babylonian sources refer to it as {{translit|akk|palû Kaššī}} ('dynasty of the Kassites').{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=|pp=10–13, 154–155, 176–178}} The reconstruction of the sequence and names of the early rulers of this dynasty, the kings before Karaindash, is difficult and controversial. The king lists are damaged at this point and the preserved portions seem to contradict each other: for instance, BKLa has a king in-between Kashtiliash I and Abi-Rattash, omitted in the Synchronistic King List, whereas the Synchronistic King List includes Kashtiliash II, omitted in BKLa, between Abi-Rattash and Urzigurumash. It also seems probable that the earliest kings ascribed to this dynasty in king lists did not actually rule Babylon, but were added as they were ancestors of the later rulers.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|pp=127–128}} Babylonia was not fully consolidated and reunified until the reign of Ulamburiash, who defeated Ea-gamil, the last king of the first Sealand dynasty.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=131}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Gandash]]'''
|[[File:Gandash in Akkadian.png|32x32px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Gandaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1729 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1704 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126|3a1=Murai|3y=2018|3p=6}}
|-
|'''[[Agum I]]'''
|[[File:Agum in Akkadian.png|71x71px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Agum}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1703 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1682 BC
|Son of Gandash
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126|3a1=Murai|3y=2018|3p=6}}
|-
|'''[[Kashtiliash I]]'''
|[[File:Kashtiliash Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kaštiliašu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1681 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1660 BC
|Son of Agum I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126|3a1=Murai|3y=2018|3p=6}}
|-
|...{{Efn|Babylonian King List A adds a king between Kashtiliash I and Abi-Rattash, but the list is damaged and the name is not preserved. The Synchronistic King List omits this figure.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=128}}}}
|—<br />{{efn|Name not preserved.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=128}}|group="n"}}
|{{Circa|}} 1659 BC
|??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126|3a1=Murai|3y=2018|3p=6}}
|-
|'''[[Abi-Rattash]]'''
|[[File:Abi-Rattash in Akkadian.png|46x46px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Abi-Rattaš}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Son of Kashtiliash I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kashtiliash II]]'''
|[[File:Kashtiliash Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kaštiliašu}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Urzigurumash]]'''
|[[File:Urzigurumash in Akkadian.png|81x81px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ur-zigurumaš}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Descendant of Abi-Rattash (?){{Efn|One possible reading of an inscription by Agum II indicates that Abi-Rattash was an ancestor of Agum II's father Urzigurumash.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1976|p=85}}}}
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Agum II]]{{Efn|As Agum II explicitly refers to Urzigurumash as his father in his own inscriptions, Beaulieu (2018) placed him as Urzigurumash's direct successor.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=128}} Chen (2020) placed him later, as the direct predecessor of Burnaburiash I.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|pp=202–206}}}}'''
|[[File:Agum-Kakrime in Akkadian.png|164x164px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Agum-Kakrime}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Son of Urzigurumash
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Harba-Shipak]]'''
|[[File:Harba-Shipak Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|102x102px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ḫarba-Šipak}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Shipta'ulzi]]'''
|[[File:Shipta'ulzi Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|127x127px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šipta’ulzi}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|...{{Efn|There being a king between Shipta'ulzi and Burnaburiash I is indicated by both Babylonian King List A and the Synchronistic King List, but as both texts are damaged, neither list preserves the name of this ruler. Historically, the fragments left have been interpreted as suggesting that this king's name was Agum, but this reading has been abandoned by modern scholars.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=128}}}}
|—<br />{{efn|Name not preserved.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=128}}|group="n"}}
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession
|{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Burnaburiash I]]'''
|[[File:Burnaburiash in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Burna-Buriaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1530 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1500 BC
|Unclear succession, earliest Kassite ruler confidently attested as ruling Babylon itself
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=126, 131|2p=126|3a1=Leick|3y=2003|3p=142}}
|-
|'''[[Ulamburiash]]'''
|[[File:Ulamburiash in Akkadian (chronicle of early kings).png|frameless|94x94px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ulam-Buriaš}}</small>
| colspan="2" |[{{Circa|}} 1475 BC]
|Son of Burnaburiash I (?), reunified Babylonia through defeating Ea-gamil, the last king of the first Sealand dynasty
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=126, 131|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kashtiliash III]]'''
|[[File:Kashtiliash Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kaštiliašu}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Son of Burnaburiash I (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Agum III]]'''
|[[File:Agum in Akkadian.png|71x71px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Agum}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Son of Kashtiliash III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|Kadashman-Sah{{Efn|Kadashman-Sah does not appear in king lists. The only evidence of his existence are tablets that are dated to the reign of 'Agum and Kadashman-Sah', suggesting that he was a king, and that there was some form of co-rulership. It is possible that he was a transitional ruler with only local power.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=132}}}}
|[[File:Kadashman-Sah in Akkadian.png|frameless|77x77px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Saḫ}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Unclear succession, co-ruler with Agum III?
|{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=133}}
|-
|'''[[Karaindash]]'''
|[[File:Karaindash in Akkadian.png|137x137px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Karaindaš}}</small>
| colspan="2" |[{{Circa|}} 1415 BC]
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kadashman-Harbe I]]'''
|[[File:Kadashman-Harbe in Akkadian.png|frameless|108x108px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Ḫarbe}}</small>
| colspan="2" |[{{Circa|}} 1400 BC]
|Son of Karaindash (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=126, 136}}
|-
|'''[[Kurigalzu I]]'''
|[[File:Kurigalzu in Akkadian.png|92x92px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kuri-Galzu}}</small>
| colspan="2" |??
|Son of Kadashman-harbe I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kadashman-Enlil I]]'''
|[[File:Kadashman-Enlil in Akkadian.png|frameless|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Enlil}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1374 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1360 BC
|Son of Kurigalzu I (?){{Efn|There are no sources that directly indicate a familial connection between Kadashman-Enlil I and Kurigalzu I, but Kadashman-Enlil I's presumed son, Burnaburiash II, refers to Kurigalzu I as his ancestor in a letter.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1976|p=15}}}}
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Burna-Buriash II|Burnaburiash II]]'''
|[[File:Burnaburiash in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Burna-Buriaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1359 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1333 BC
|Son of Kadashman-Enlil I (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kara-hardash]]'''
|[[File:Karahardash in Akkadian.png|104x104px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kara-ḫardaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1333 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1333 BC
|Son of Burnaburiash II (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Nazi-Bugash]]'''
|[[File:Nazibugash in Akkadian.png|130x130px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nazi-Bugaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1333 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1333 BC
|Usurper, unrelated to other kings
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kurigalzu II]]'''
|[[File:Kurigalzu in Akkadian.png|92x92px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kuri-Galzu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1332 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1308 BC
|Son of Burnaburiash II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Nazi-Maruttash]]'''
|[[File:Nazimaruttash in Akkadian.png|102x102px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nazi-Maruttaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1307 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1282 BC
|Son of Kurigalzu II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kadashman-Turgu]]'''
|[[File:Kadashman-Turgu in Akkadian.png|frameless|138x138px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Turgu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1281 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1264 BC
|Son of Nazi-Maruttash
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kadashman-Enlil II]]'''
|[[File:Kadashman-Enlil in Akkadian.png|frameless|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Enlil}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1263 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1255 BC
|Son of Kadashman-Turgu
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kudur-Enlil]]'''
|[[File:Kudur-Enlil in Akkadian.png|frameless|82x82px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kudur-Enlil}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1254 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1246 BC
|Son of Kadashman-Enlil II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Shagarakti-Shuriash]]'''
|[[File:Shagarakti-Shuriash in Akkadian.png|131x131px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šagarakti-Šuriaš}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1245 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1233 BC
|Son of Kudur-Enlil
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kashtiliash IV]]'''
|[[File:Kashtiliash Synchronistic King List.png|frameless|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kaštiliašu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1232 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1225 BC
|Son of Shagarakti-Shuriash
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Enlil-nadin-shumi]]'''{{Efn|Kashtiliash IV was deposed by the Assyrian king [[Tukulti-Ninurta I]] {{circa}} 1225 BC. The Bablyonian Chronicles describe Tukulti-Ninurta I as destroying Babylon's walls and incorporating the city into his empire for seven years until the Babylonians rebelled and placed Kashtiliash IV's son, Adad-shuma-usur, on the throne. Babylonian King List A contradicts this, listing three rulers between Kashtiliash IV and Adad-shuma-usur. As the reigns of these three kings add up to just a little less than seven years, scholars have historically interpreted this to mean that these three kings were appointed vassals of Tukulti-Ninurta I. The Babylonian Chronicles seem to suggest that Adad-shuma-usur ruled in the south of Bablyonia concurrently with Tukulti-Ninurta controlling the north (and Babylon itself). Beaulieu (2018) suggests the possibility that these three kings were contemporary rivals, rather than successors of one another, and that Adad-shuma-usur did succeed Kashtiliash IV directly, but only in the south, and only took control of Babylon late in his reign.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|pp=148–149}}|name=KashtiliashSuccessors}}
|[[File:Enlil-nadin-shumi in Akkadian.png|frameless|106x106px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Enlil-nādin-šumi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1224 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1224 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Kadashman-Harbe II]]'''{{Efn||name=KashtiliashSuccessors}}
|[[File:Kadashman-Harbe in Akkadian.png|frameless|108x108px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kadašman-Ḫarbe}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1223 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1223 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Adad-shuma-iddina]]{{Efn||name=KashtiliashSuccessors}}'''
|[[File:Adad-shuma-iddina in Akkadian.png|frameless|98x98px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Adad-šuma-iddina}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1222 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1217 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Adad-shuma-usur]]'''
|[[File:Adad-shuma-usur in Akkadian.png|frameless|103x103px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Adad-šuma-uṣur}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1216 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1187 BC
|Son of Kashtiliash IV (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Meli-Shipak II|Meli-Shipak]]'''
|[[File:Meli-Shipak in Akkadian.png|96x96px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Meli-Šipak}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1186 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1172 BC
|Son of Adad-shuma-usur
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-apla-iddina I]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-apla-iddina in Akkadian.png|72x72px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-apla-iddina}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1171 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1159 BC
|Son of Meli-Shipak
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Zababa-shuma-iddin]]'''
|[[File:Zababa-shuma-iddin in Akkadian.png|116x116px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Zababa-šuma-iddina}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1158 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1158 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|-
|'''[[Enlil-nadin-ahi]]'''
|[[File:Enlil-nadin-ahi in Akkadian.png|85x85px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Enlil-nādin-aḫe}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1157 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1155 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=126}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Second Isin"></span> Dynasty IV (Second Isin), 1153–1022 BC ==
Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was {{translit|akk|palû Išin}} ('dynasty of Isin'). Presumably, the city of [[Isin]] was the dynasty's point of origin. Modern historians refer to this dynasty as the second dynasty of Isin to differentiate it from the ancient Sumerian [[dynasty of Isin]].{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=12}} Previous scholarship assumed that the first king of this dynasty, Marduk-kabit-ahheshu, ruled for the first years of his reign concurrently with the last Kassite king, but recent research suggests that this was not the case. This list follows the revised chronology of the kings of this dynasty, per Beaulieu (2018), which also means revising the dates of subsequent dynasties.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|pp=154–155}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Marduk-kabit-ahheshu]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-kabit-ahheshu in Akkadian.png|frameless|131x131px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1153 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1136 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Itti-Marduk-balatu (king)|Itti-Marduk-balatu]]'''
|[[File:Itti-Marduk-balatu in Akkadian.png|frameless|100x100px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Itti-Marduk-balāṭu}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1135 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1128 BC
|Son of Marduk-kabit-ahheshu
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Ninurta-nadin-shumi]]'''
|[[File:Ninurta-nadin-shumi in Akkadian.png|frameless|100x100px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ninurta-nādin-šumi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1127 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1122 BC
|Relative of Itti-Marduk-balatu (?){{Efn|A family link between Ninurta-nadin-shumi and his immediate predecessors cannot be proven from the sources, but the only definitely attested break in family succession to the throne in this dynasty was the accession of Adad-apla-iddina, who is explicitly designated as an usurper in the sources.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=98}}}}
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Nebuchadnezzar I]]'''
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar_in_Akkadian.png|112x112px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-kudurri-uṣur}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1121 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1100 BC
|Son of Ninurta-nadin-shumi
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Enlil-nadin-apli]]'''
|[[File:Enlil-nadin-apli in Akkadian.png|frameless|66x66px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Enlil-nādin-apli}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1099 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1096 BC
|Son of Nebuchadnezzar I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-nadin-ahhe]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-nadin-ahhe in Akkadian.png|112x112px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1095 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1078 BC
|Son of Ninurta-nadin-shumi, usurped the throne from Enlil-nadin-apli
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-shapik-zeri]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-shapik-zeri in Akkadian var. 2.png|frameless|122x122px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-šāpik-zēri}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1077 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1065 BC
|Son of Marduk-nadin-ahhe (?){{Efn|Marduk-shapik-zeri was once believed to be attested as Marduk-nadin-ahhe's son, but the reading of the relevant text is uncertain–it cannot be proven, or disproven, that Marduk-shapik-zeri was Marduk-nadin-ahhe's son.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=119}} The only definitely attested break in family succession to the throne in this dynasty was the accession of Adad-apla-iddina, who is explicitly designated as an usurper in the sources.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=98}}}}
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Adad-apla-iddina]]'''
|[[File:Adad-apla-iddina in Akkadian.jpg|frameless|95x95px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Adad-apla-iddina}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1064 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1043 BC
|Usurper, unrelated to previous kings
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155|3a1=Brinkman|3y=1968|3p=136}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-ahhe-eriba]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-ahhe-eriba in Akkadian.png|frameless|107x107px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-aḫḫē-erība}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1042 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1042 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-zer-X]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-zer-X (Bertin).png|frameless|90x90px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-[—]}}{{Efn|The name of this king has not survived in its complete form in any source. The 'X' in his name was inserted by modern historians to mark the missing portion. The reading of the second element of his name, {{translit|akk|zēra}}, is not fully certain. According to Brinkman (1968), there are many possibilities for what the full name was (based on known Babylonian names with the same first two elements), including: {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-ibni}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-iddina}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-iqīša}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-uballiṭ}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-ukīn}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-uṣur}}, {{translit|akk|Marduk-zēra-ušallim}} and {{translit|akk|'Marduk-zēra-līšir}}.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=146}}}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1041 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1030 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|-
|'''[[Nabu-shum-libur]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-shum-libur in Akkadian.png|frameless|97x97px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-šumu-libūr}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1029 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1022 BC
|Unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=155}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Second Sealand dynasty"></span> Dynasty V (Second Sealand dynasty), 1021–1001 BC ==
Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was {{translit|akk|palû tamti}} ('dynasty of the Sealand'). Modern historians call it the second Sealand dynasty in order to distinguish it from Dynasty II.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=12}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Simbar-shipak]]'''
|[[File:Simbar-Shipak in Akkadian.png|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Simbar-Šipak}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1021 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1004 BC
|Probably of Kassite descent, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|-
|'''[[Ea-mukin-zeri]]'''
|[[File:Ea-mukin-zeri in Akkadian.png|114x114px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ea-mukin-zēri}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1004 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1004 BC
|Probably of Kassite descent (Bit-Hashmar clan), usurped the throne from Simbar-Shipak
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|-
|'''[[Kashshu-nadin-ahi]]'''
|[[File:Kashu-nadin-ahhe (dynastic chronicle).png|frameless|129x129px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kaššu-nādin-aḫi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1003 BC
|{{Circa|}} 1001 BC
|Probably of Kassite descent, son of Simbar-shipak (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Bazi dynasty"></span> Dynasty VI (Bazi), 1000–981 BC ==
BKLa refers to this dynasty as {{translit|akk|palû Bazu}} ('dynasty of Baz') and the Dynastic Chronicle calls it {{translit|akk|palû Bīt-Bazi}} ('dynasty of Bit-Bazi'). The Bit-Bazi were a clan attested already in the Kassite period. It is likely that the dynasty derives its name either from the city of [[Baz (city)|Baz]], or from descent from Bazi, the legendary founder of that city.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=177}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Eulmash-shakin-shumi]]'''
|[[File:Eulmash-shakin-shumi var. 2.png|frameless|98x98px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Eulmaš-šākin-šumi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 1000 BC
|{{Circa|}} 984 BC
|Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|-
|'''[[Ninurta-kudurri-usur I]]'''
|[[File:Ninurta-kudurri-usur (dynastic chronicle).png|frameless|120x120px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur|}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 983 BC
|{{Circa|}} 981 BC
|Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|-
|'''[[Shirikti-shuqamuna]]'''
|[[File:Shirikti-shuqamuna in Akkadian.png|142x142px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Širikti-šuqamuna}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 981 BC
|{{Circa|}} 981 BC
|Possibly of Kassite descent (Bit-Bazi clan), brother of Ninurta-kudurri-usur I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Elamite dynasty"></span> Dynasty VII (Elamite), 980–975 BC ==
{{See also|Elamite dynasty}}
BKLa dynastically separates Mar-biti-apla-usur from other kings with horizontal lines, marking him as belonging to a dynasty of his own. The Dynastic Chronicle also groups him by himself, and refers to his dynasty (containing only him) as the {{translit|akk|palû Elamtu}} ('dynasty of Elam').{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=178}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Mar-biti-apla-usur]]'''
|[[File:Mar-biti-apla-usur (dynastic chronicle).png|frameless|120x120px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 980 BC
|{{Circa|}} 975 BC
|Elamite, or more likely of [[Elam]]ite ancestry, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2pp=176–178}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="E dynasty"></span> Dynasty VIII (E), 974–732 BC ==
Per BKLa, the native name of this dynasty was {{translit|akk|palû {{sc|e}}}} ('dynasty of E'). The meaning of 'E' is not clear, but it is likely a reference to the city of Babylon, meaning that the name should be interpreted as 'dynasty of Babylon'. The time of the dynasty of E was a time of great instability and the unrelated kings grouped together under this dynasty even belonged to completely different ethnic groups. Another Babylonian historical work, the [[Dynastic Chronicle]] (though it is preserved only fragmentarily), breaks this dynasty up into a succession of brief, smaller, dynasties.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=|pp=12–13}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|[[Nabû-mukin-apli|'''Nabu-mukin-apli''']]
|[[File:Nabu-mukin-apli in Akkadian.png|frameless|94x94px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-mukin-apli}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 974 BC
|{{Circa|}} 939 BC
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Ninurta-kudurri-usur II]]'''
|[[File:Ninurta-kudurri-usur (dynastic chronicle).png|frameless|120x120px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 939 BC
|{{Circa|}} 939 BC
|Babylonian, son of Nabu-mukin-apli
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina]]'''
|[[File:Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina in Akkadian.png|frameless|130x130px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Mār-bīti-aḫḫē-idinna}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 938 BC
|??
|Babylonian, son of Nabu-mukin-apli
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Shamash-mudammiq]]'''
|[[File:Shamash-mudammiq synchronistic.png|frameless|74x74px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šamaš-mudammiq}}</small>
|??
|{{Circa|}} 901 BC{{Efn|Shamash-mudammiq is described as having been defeated by the Assyrian king [[Adad-nirari II]] {{circa}} 901 BC.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=180}}|name=mudammiq}}
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Nabu-shuma-ukin I]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-shuma-ukin in Akkadian.png|91x91px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-šuma-ukin}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 900 BC{{Efn||name=mudammiq}}
|{{Circa|}} 887 BC{{Efn|Beaulieu (2018) states that Nabu-apla-iddina's 31st year as king was {{circa}} 855 BC.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=180}} Chen (2020) ascribes Nabu-apla-iddina a 33-year reign.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|pp=202–206}}|name=Nabu-apla-iddina}}
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Nabu-apla-iddina]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-apla-iddina in Akkadian.png|110x110px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-apla-iddina}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 886 BC{{Efn||name=Nabu-apla-iddina}}
|{{Circa|}} 853 BC{{Efn||name=Nabu-apla-iddina}}
|Babylonian, son of Nabu-shuma-ukin I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-zakir-shumi I]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-zakir-shumi var. 2.png|frameless|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-zâkir-šumi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 852 BC{{Efn||name=Nabu-apla-iddina}}{{Efn|Chen (2020) ascribes Marduk-zakir-shumi I a 27-year reign.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|pp=202–206}}|name=zakir}}
|{{Circa|}} 825 BC{{Efn||name=zakir}}
|Babylonian, son of Nabu-apla-iddina
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-balassu-iqbi]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-balassu-iqbi in Akkadian.png|148x148px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-balāssu-iqbi}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 824 BC{{Efn||name=zakir}}
|813 BC{{Efn|Marduk-balassu-iqbi was deposed by the Assyrian king [[Shamshi-Adad V]] in 813 BC. Less than a year later, in 812 BC, Shamshi-Adad deposed Marduk-balassu-iqbi's successor, Baba-aha-iddina.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=184}}|name=adad}}
|Babylonian, son of Marduk-zakir-shumi I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Baba-aha-iddina]]'''
|[[File:Baba-aha-iddina in Akkadian.png|113x113px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Bāba-aḫa-iddina}}</small>
|813 BC{{Efn||name=adad}}
|812 BC{{Efn||name=adad}}
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
! colspan="6" |Babylonian interregnum (at least four years){{Efn|After Baba-aha-iddina was taken to Assyria as a captive by the Assyrian king [[Shamshi-Adad V]] in 812 BC, Babylonia entered into an interregnum lasting several (at least four) years, which the chronicles describe as a period when there was "no king in the land". The chief claimants to royal power in Babylonia at this time was the Assyrians. Though they did not claim the title 'king of Babylon', Shamshi-Adad V took the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad' after his victory in 812 BC and Shamshi-Adad's son and successor, [[Adad-nirari III]], claimed that 'all the kings of Chaldea' were his vassals and that he had received tribute, as well as sacrificial meals (a Babylonian royal prerogative) at Babylon. The Babylonian crown had thus, at least nominally, been taken over by the Assyrians, though as Assyria was in a weakened state its kings were unable to fully exploit the situation.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=|pp=184–185}}}}{{Efn|Some of the Chaldean tribes during this time also either claimed royal Babylonian power, or asserted their own independence. A seal from the time of the interregnum depicts the chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe (and father of the later king Eriba-Marduk), [[Marduk-shakin-shumi]], in the traditional Babylonian royal garbs. There is also a contract tablet known that describes a weight being sent to the 'palace of [[Nabu-shumu-lishir]], descendant of Dakkuru'. Nabu-shumu-lishir of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe's claim to reside in a 'palace' was equivalent to claiming to be a king.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=|pp=184–185}}}}
|-
|'''[[Ninurta-apla-X]]'''
|[[File:Ninurta-apla-X in Akkadian.png|frameless|83x83px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ninurta-apla-[—]}}</small>{{Efn|Ninurta-apla-X is only known from Babylonian King List A, where his name is broken off and incompletely preserved. The 'X' in his name was inserted by modern historians to mark the missing portion.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=185}}{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=59}} The second element of the name, {{translit|akk|apla}}, is not a fully certain reading.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=59}} According to Brinkman (1968), the full name might have been {{translit|akk|Ninurta-apla-uṣur}} or something similar.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1968|p=59}}}}
|colspan=2|??
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-bel-zeri]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-bel-zeri in Akkadian.png|frameless|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-bēl-zēri}}</small>
|colspan=2|??
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Marduk-apla-usur]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-apla-usur in Akkadian.png|frameless|95x95px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-apla-uṣur}}</small>
|??
|{{Circa|}} 769 BC{{Efn|Beaulieu (2018) writes that Eriba-Marduk's ninth and last year as king was {{circa}} 760 BC.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=186}}|name=eriba}}
|Chaldean chief of an uncertain tribe, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Eriba-Marduk]]'''
|[[File:Eriba-Marduk in Akkadian.png|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Erība-Marduk}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 769 BC{{Efn||name=eriba}}
|{{Circa|}} 760 BC{{Efn||name=eriba}}
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Nabu-shuma-ishkun]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-shuma-ishkun in Akkadian.png|102x102px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-šuma-iškun}}</small>
|{{Circa|}} 760 BC{{Efn||name=eriba}}
|748 BC
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Nabonassar]]'''
|[[File:Nabonassar in Akkadian.png|67x67px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-nāṣir}}</small>
|748 BC
|734 BC
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|'''[[Nabu-nadin-zeri]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-nadin-zeri in Akkadian.png|92x92px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-nādin-zēri}}</small>
|734 BC
|732 BC
|Babylonian, son of Nabonassar
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|-
|[[Nabu-suma-ukin II|'''Nabu-shuma-ukin II''']]
|[[File:Nabu-shuma-ukin in Akkadian.png|91x91px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-šuma-ukin}}</small>
|732 BC
|732 BC
|Babylonian, unclear succession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}
|}
:'''{{Smallcaps|note}}''': ''<small>Babylonian King List A records the names of 17 kings of the dynasty of E, but it states afterwards that the dynasty comprised 22 kings. The discrepancy might be explainable as a scribal error, but it is also possible that there were further kings in the sequence. The list is broken at critical points, and it is possible that five additional kings, whose names thus do not survive, could be inserted between the end of the Babylonian interregnum and the reign of Ninurta-apla-X.{{sfn|Goossens|1940|p=33}} Lists of Babylonian rulers by modern historians tend to list Ninurta-apla-X as the first king to rule after Baba-aha-iddina's deposition.{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=178}}</small>''

== <span class="anchor" id="Dynasty IX"></span> Dynasty IX (Assyrian), 732–626 BC ==
{{See also|Adaside dynasty|Sargonid dynasty|Neo-Assyrian Empire}}'Dynasty IX' is used to, broadly speaking, refer to the rulers of Babylonia during the time it was ruled by the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]], including Assyrian kings of both the [[Adaside dynasty]] and the subsequent [[Sargonid dynasty]], as well as various non-dynastic vassal and rebel kings. They are often grouped together as a dynasty by modern scholars as BKLa does not use lines to separate the rulers, used elsewhere in the list to separate dynasties.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} BKLa also assigns individual dynastic labels to some of the kings, though thus not in the same fashion as is done for the more concrete earlier dynasties.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} The {{translit|akk|palê}} designation associated with each king (they are recorded in the list up until Mushezib-Marduk) is included in the table below and follows Fales (2014).{{sfn|Fales|2014|p=|pp=204–218}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="15%" |{{translit|akk|palê}}
! width="25%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Nabu-mukin-zeri]]'''
|[[File:Nabu-mukin-zeri in Akkadian.png|97x97px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-mukin-zēri}}</small>
|732 BC
|729 BC
|{{translit|akk|palê Šapî}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of Shapi'</small>
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Amukkani tribe, usurped the throne
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|[[Tiglath-Pileser III]]
|[[File:Tiglath-pileser in Akkadian.png|137x137px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Tukultī-apil-Ešarra}}</small>
|729 BC
|727 BC
|rowspan=2|{{translit|akk|palê Baltil}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of [Assur]'</small>
|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — conquered Babylon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
|[[Shalmaneser V]]
|[[File:Shalmaneser in Akkadian.png|100x100px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Salmānu-ašarēd}}</small>
|727 BC
|722 BC
|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Tiglath-Pileser III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Marduk-apla-iddina II]]'''<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Marduk-apla-iddina in Akkadian.png|72x72px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-apla-iddina}}</small>
|722 BC
|710 BC
|{{translit|akk|palê Tamti}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of the Sealand'</small>
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, proclaimed king upon Shalmaneser V's death
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|[[Sargon II]]
|[[File:Sargon in Neo-Assyrian2.png|58x58px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šarru-kīn}}</small>
|710 BC
|705 BC
|rowspan=2|{{translit|akk|palê Ḫabigal}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of [Hanigalbat]'</small>
|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Tiglath-Pileser III (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
|[[Sennacherib]]<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Sennacherib in Akkadian.png|106x106px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sîn-ahhe-erība}}</small>
|705 BC
|703 BC
|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Sargon II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Marduk-zakir-shumi II]]'''
|[[File:Marduk-zakir-shumi var. 2.png|frameless|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-zâkir-šumi}}</small>
|703 BC
|703 BC
|A {{translit|akk|Arad-Ea}}<br /><small>'Son [descendant] of Arad-Ea'</small>
|Babylonian rebel of the Arad-Ea family, rebel king
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Marduk-apla-iddina II]]'''<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Marduk-apla-iddina in Akkadian.png|72x72px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Marduk-apla-iddina}}</small>
|703 BC
|703 BC
|{{translit|akk|{{sc|erín}} Ḫabi}}<br /><small>'Soldier of [Han<nowiki/>igalbat?]'</small>
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe, retook the throne
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Bel-ibni]]'''
|[[File:Bel-ibni (chronicle of early kings).png|frameless|79x79px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Bel-ibni}}</small>
|703 BC
|700 BC
|{{translit|akk|palê {{sc|E}}}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of E'</small>
|Babylonian vassal king of the Rab-bānî family, appointed by Sennacherib
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Aššur-nādin-šumi]]'''
|[[File:Ashur-nadin-shumi in Akkadian2.png|78x78px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aššur-nādin-šumi}}</small>
|700 BC
|694 BC
|{{translit|akk|palê Ḫabigal}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of [Hanigalbat]'</small>
|Son of Sennacherib, appointed as vassal king by his father
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|'''[[Nergal-ushezib]]'''
|[[File:Nergal-ushezib in Akkadian.png|80x80px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nergal-ušezib}}</small>
|694 BC
|693 BC
|rowspan=2|{{translit|akk|palê {{sc|E}}}}<br /><small>'Dynasty of E'</small>
|Babylonian rebel of the Gaḫal kin family, rebel king
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
|'''[[Mushezib-Marduk]]'''
|[[File:Mushezib-Marduk in Akkadian.png|77x77px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Mušezib-Marduk}}</small>
|693 BC
|689 BC
|Chaldean chief of the Bit-Dakkuri tribe, rebel king
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3pp=204–218|3y=2014}}
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|[[Sennacherib]]{{efn|Recognising Sennacherib as the king of Babylon from 689 to 681 BC is the norm in modern lists of Babylonian kings.{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}} Babylon was destroyed at this time and many contemporary Babylonian documents, such as chronicles, refer to Sennacherb's second reign in Babylonia as a "kingless period" without a king in the land.{{Sfn|Brinkman|1973|p=95}} Babylonian King List A nevertheless includes Sennacherib as the king of this period, listing his second reign as taking place between the downfall of Mushezib-Marduk and the accession of Esarhaddon.{{Sfn|Fales|2014|p=206}}|group="n"}}<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Sennacherib in Akkadian.png|106x106px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sîn-ahhe-erība}}</small>
|689 BC
|<small>20 October</small><br />681 BC
|colspan=2|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — retook Babylon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Radner|3y=2003|3p=166}}
|-
|[[Esarhaddon]]
|[[File:Esarhaddon in Akkadian.png|65x65px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aššur-aḫa-iddina}}</small>
|<small>December</small><br />681 BC
|<small>1 November</small><br />669 BC
|colspan=2|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Sennacherib
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195|3a1=Fales|3y=2012|3p=135}}
|-
|[[Ashurbanipal]]{{efn|Though Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the legitimate successor of Esarhaddon to the Babylonian throne, appointed by his father, he was not formally invested as such until the spring after his father's death. Lists of kings of Babylon by modern historians typically regard Ashurbanipal, Esarhaddon's successor in Assyria, as the ruler of Babylon during this brief 'interregnum'.{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}} The Uruk King List lists Ashurbanipal as Šamaš-šuma-ukin's predecessor, but also lists him as ruling simultaneously with his brother, giving his reign as 669–647 BC.{{Sfn|Lendering|2005}} In contrast, Babylonian King List A omits Ashurbanipal entirely, listing Šamaš-šuma-ukin as the direct successor of Esarhaddon, and Kandalanu as the direct successor of Šamaš-šuma-ukin.{{Sfn|Fales|2014|p=206}}|group="n"|name=Ashurbanipal1}}<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Ashurbanipal in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aššur-bāni-apli}}</small>
|<small>1 November</small><br />669 BC
|<small>March</small><br />668 BC
|colspan=2|King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Esarhaddon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}
|-
|'''[[Šamaš-šuma-ukin]]'''
|[[File:Shamash-shum-ukin in Akkadian2.png|64x64px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šamaš-šuma-ukin}}</small>
|<small>March</small><br />668 BC
|648 BC
|colspan=2|Son of Esarhaddon, designated by his father as heir to Babylon, invested as vassal king by Ashurbanipal
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}
|-
|[[Ashurbanipal]]{{efn|Ashurbanipal is again not recorded by the Babylonian King List A as ruler between Šamaš-šuma-ukin and Kandalanu,{{Sfn|Fales|2014|p=206}} and is not recorded as such in lists by modern historians either.{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}} Ashurbanipal did however rule Babylonia from the defeat of Šamaš-šuma-ukin in the summer of 648 BC to Kandalanu's appointment in 647 BC. Date formulae from Babylonia during this time are dated to Ashurbanipal's rule, and indicate that the transfer of power to Kandalanu was gradual. Tablets were still dated to Ashurbanipal around the end of 647 BC at [[Borsippa]], and as late as the spring of 646 BC at [[Dilbat]]. After 646 BC, tablets in Babylonia are exclusively dated to Kandalanu's reign.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=217}}|group="n"|name=Ashurbanipal2}}<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Ashurbanipal in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aššur-bāni-apli}}</small>
|648 BC
|646 BC
| colspan="2" |King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — retook Babylon after rebellion by Šamaš-šuma-ukin
|{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=217}}
|-
|'''[[Kandalanu]]'''
|[[File:Kandalanu in Akkadian2.png|98x98px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kandalānu}}</small>
|647 BC
|627 BC
| colspan="2" |Appointed as vassal king by Ashurbanipal
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}
|-
|[[Sin-shumu-lishir]]{{efn|The Babylonian Chronicles describe the period between Kandalanu and Nabopolassar as a "kingless" one and some date formulae from this period are dated to "the year after Kandalanu", suggesting an interregnum. The Uruk King List records Sin-shumu-lishir and Sinsharishkun's reigns, however,{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=223}} as do lists of Babylonian kings by modern historians.{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}|group="n"|name=KandalanuNabopolassar}}
|[[File:Sin-shumu-lishir in Akkadian.png|90x90px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sîn-šumu-līšir}}</small>
|626 BC
|626 BC
| colspan="2" |Usurper in the Neo-Assyrian Empire — recognised in Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}
|-
|[[Sinsharishkun]]{{efn||group="n"|name=KandalanuNabopolassar}}
|[[File:Sinsharishkun in Akkadian.png|99x99px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Sîn-šar-iškun}}</small>
|626 BC
|626 BC
| colspan="2" |King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — son of Ashurbanipal
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=195}}
|}

== <span class="anchor" id="Chaldean dynasty"></span> Dynasty X (Chaldean), 626–539 BC ==
{{See also|Chaldean dynasty|Neo-Babylonian Empire}}
The native name for this dynasty does not appear in any sources, as the kings of Dynasty X are only listed in king lists made during the Hellenistic period, when the concept of dynasties ceased being used by Babylonians chronographers to describe Babylonian history. Modern historians typically refer to the dynasty as the 'Neo-Babylonian dynasty', as these kings ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire, or the 'Chaldean dynasty', after the presumed ethnic origin of the royal line.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}} The [[Dynastic Chronicle]], a later document, refers to Nabonidus as the founder and only king of the 'dynasty of Harran' ({{translit|akk|palê Ḫarran}}), and may also indicate a dynastic change with Neriglissar's accession, but much of the text is fragmentary.{{Sfn|Waerzeggers|2015|p=183}}{{Sfn|Thomas|2014|p=137}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|'''[[Nabopolassar]]'''
|[[File:Nabopolassar in Akkadian.png|84x84px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-apla-uṣur}}</small>
|<small>22/23 November</small><br />626 BC
|<small>July</small><br />605 BC
|Babylonian rebel, defeated Sinsharishkun
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11}}
|-
|'''[[Nebuchadnezzar II]]'''
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar_in_Akkadian.png|112x112px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-kudurri-uṣur}}</small>
|<small>August</small><br />605 BC
|<small>7 October</small><br />562 BC
|Son of Nabopolassar
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11}}
|-
|'''[[Amel-Marduk]]'''
|[[File:Amel-Marduk in Akkadian.png|92x92px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Amēl-Marduk}}</small>
|<small>7 October</small><br />562 BC
|<small>August</small><br />560 BC
|Son of Nebuchadnezzar II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Neriglissar]]'''
|[[File:Neriglissar in Akkadian.png|117x117px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nergal-šar-uṣur}}</small>
|<small>August</small><br />560 BC
|<small>April</small><br />556 BC
|Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II, usurped the throne
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11}}
|-
|'''[[Labashi-Marduk]]'''
|[[File:Labashi-Marduk in Akkadian.png|121x121px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Lâbâši-Marduk}}</small>
|<small>April</small><br />556 BC
|<small>June</small><br />556 BC
|Son of Neriglissar
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Nabonidus]]'''
|[[File:Nabonidus in Akkadian.png|117x117px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-naʾid}}</small>
|<small>25 May</small><br />556 BC
|<small>13 October</small><br />539 BC
|Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II (?), usurped the throne, co-rulers: [[Nitocris of Babylon|Nitocris]] and [[Belshazzar]]
|{{sfnm|1a1=Chen|1pp=202–206|1y=2020|2a1=Beaulieu|2y=2018|2p=220|3a1=Parker|3a2=Dubberstein|3y=1942|3pp=9–11|4a1=Wiseman|4y=1991|4p=244}}
|}

== Babylon under foreign rule, 539 BC – AD 224 ==
The concept of dynasties ceased being used in king-lists made after the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, meaning that the native Babylonian designations for the ruling dynasties of the foreign empires that succeeded the Chaldean kings are unknown.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2018|p=13}}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Achaemenid dynasty"></span> Dynasty XI (Achaemenid), 539–331 BC ===
{{See also|Achaemenid dynasty|Achaemenid Empire}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|[[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus II the Great]]
|[[File:Cyrus in Akkadian.png|82x82px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kuraš}}</small>
|<small>29 October</small><br />539 BC
|<small>August</small><br />530 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — conquered Babylon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Cambyses II]]
|[[File:Cambyses in Akkadian.png|98x98px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Kambuzīa}}</small>
|<small>August</small><br />530 BC
|<small>April</small><br />522 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Cyrus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Bardiya]]
|[[File:Bardiya in Akkadian.png|72x72px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Barzia}}</small>
|<small>April/May</small><br />522 BC
|<small>29 September</small><br />522 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Cyrus II or an impostor
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Nebuchadnezzar III]]'''
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar_in_Akkadian.png|112x112px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-kudurri-uṣur}}</small>
|<small>3 October</small><br />522 BC
|<small>December</small><br />522 BC
|Babylonian rebel of the Zazakku family, claimed to be a son of Nabonidus
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2y=2001|2a1=Lendering|3y=2015|3a1=Nielsen|3pp=55–57}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Darius the Great|Darius I the Great]]<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Darius in Akkadian.png|110x110px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dariamuš}}</small>
|<small>December</small><br />522 BC
|<small>25 August</small><br />521 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — distant relative of Cyrus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Nebuchadnezzar IV]]'''
|[[File:Nebuchadnezzar_in_Akkadian.png|105x105px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nabû-kudurri-uṣur}}</small>
|<small>25 August</small><br />521 BC
|<small>27 November</small><br />521 BC
|Babylonian rebel of Armenian descent, claimed to be a son of Nabonidus
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2y=1998|2a1=Lendering}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Darius the Great|Darius I the Great]]<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Darius in Akkadian.png|110x110px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dariamuš}}</small>
|<small>27 November</small><br />521 BC
|<small>November</small><br />486 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — retook Babylon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Xerxes I|Xerxes I the Great]]<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Xerxes in Akkadian.png|115x115px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aḫšiaršu}}</small>
|<small>November</small><br />486 BC
|<small>July</small><br />484 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Darius I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Shamash-eriba]]'''
|[[File:Shamash-eriba in Akkadian.png|60x60px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Šamaš-eriba}}</small>
|<small>July</small><br />484 BC
|<small>October</small><br />484 BC
|Babylonian rebel
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Lendering|2y=1998b}}
|-
|'''[[Bel-shimanni]]'''
|[[File:Bel-shimanni in Akkadian.png|103x103px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Bêl-šimânni}}</small>
|<small>July</small><br />484 BC
|<small>August</small><br />484 BC
|Babylonian rebel
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Lendering|2y=1998b}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Xerxes I|Xerxes I the Great]]<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Xerxes in Akkadian.png|115x115px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aḫšiaršu}}</small>
|<small>October</small><br />484 BC
|465 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — retook Babylon
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Artaxerxes I]]
|[[File:Artaxerxes in Akkadian.png|86x86px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Artakšatsu}}</small>
|465 BC
|<small>December</small><br />424 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Xerxes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|''[[Xerxes II]]''
|—<br />{{efn|name=xerxessogdianus|Contemporary Babylonian contract tablets, as well as Babylonian king lists, omit both Xerxes II and Sogdianus, suggesting that the Babylonians viewed Darius II as Artaxerxes I's immediate successor.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}}}
|424 BC
|424 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|''[[Sogdianus]]''
|—<br />{{efn|name=xerxessogdianus}}
|424 BC
|423 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Darius II]]
|[[File:Darius in Akkadian.png|110x110px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dariamuš}}</small>
|<small>February</small><br />423 BC
|<small>c.</small> <small>April</small><br />404 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Artaxerxes II]]
|[[File:Artaxerxes in Akkadian.png|86x86px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Artakšatsu}}</small>
|<small>c.</small> <small>April</small><br />404 BC
|359/358 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Darius II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Artaxerxes III]]
|[[File:Artaxerxes in Akkadian.png|86x86px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Artakšatsu}}</small>
|359/358 BC
|338 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Artaxerxes IV]]
|[[File:Artaxerxes in Akkadian.png|86x86px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Artakšatsu}}</small>
|338 BC
|336 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Artaxerxes III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|'''[[Nidin-Bel]]'''
|[[File:Nidin-Bel cuneiform.png|95x95px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Nidin-Bêl}}</small>
|336 BC
|336/335 BC
|Babylonian rebel (?), attested only in the [[Uruk King List]], alternatively a scribal error
|{{Sfn|Lendering|2004}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Darius III]]
|[[File:Darius in Akkadian.png|110x110px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dariamuš}}</small>
|336/335 BC
|<small>October</small><br />331 BC
|King of the Achaemenid Empire — grandson of Artaxerxes II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1y=2018|1p=247|2a1=Parker|2a2=Dubberstein|2y=1942|2pp=11–17}}
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Argead dynasty"></span> Dynasty XII (Argead), 331–305 BC ===
{{See also|Argead dynasty|Hellenistic period}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|[[Alexander the Great|Alexander III the Great]]
|[[File:Alexander in Akkadian.png|129x129px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aliksandar}}</small>
|<small>October</small><br />331 BC
|<small>11 June</small><br />323 BC
|King of Macedon — conquered the Achaemenid Empire
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=204|3a1=Depuydt|3y=1997|3p=117|4a1=Parker|4a2=Dubberstein|4y=1942|4pp=11–17}}
|-
|[[Philip III of Macedon|Philip III Arrhidaeus]]
|[[File:Philip in Akkadian.png|94x94px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Pilipsu}}</small>
|<small>11 June</small><br />323 BC
|317 BC{{efn|Philip III Arrhidaeus died in 317 BC. Certain Babylonian documents continue to recognise him as king until 316 BC.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}}|group="n"}}
|King of Macedon — brother of Alexander III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxi|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=204|3a1=Depuydt|3y=1997|3p=117|4a1=Bertin|4y=1891|4p=52}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|''[[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]]''{{efn|Antigonus, one of Alexander III's former generals who took power in the eastern regions of Alexander's empire, began issuing date formulae in his own name, rather than in the name of an official king.{{Sfn|Boiy|2011|p=3}} The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period suggests that Antigonus's rule was not considered legal and that he should have submitted to the rule of Alexander III's son, Alexander IV. The list writes that "there was no king in the land" for several years and titles Antigonus as the chief of the army, rather than king.{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=204}} The Uruk King List includes Antigonus without comments on his status.{{Sfn|Lendering|2005}}|group="n"}}
|[[File:Antigonus in Akkadian.png|131x131px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antigunusu}}</small>
|317 BC
|309/308 BC
|King of the Antigonid Empire — general (''[[Diadochi|Diadochus]]'') of Alexander III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxi|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=204|3a1=Bertin|3y=1891|3p=52}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]]
|[[File:Alexander in Akkadian.png|129x129px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aliksandar}}</small>
|316 BC
|310 BC{{efn|Alexander IV died in 310 BC. Certain Babylonian documents continue to recognise him as king until 305 BC, when Seleucus I Nicator became king.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}} The Babylonians were aware that Alexander IV had died in 310 BC, but they continued to date documents to his reign posthumously for several years since there was no clear legitimate heir.{{Sfn|Boiy|2011|p=4}}|group="n"}}
|King of Macedon — son of Alexander III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=205}}
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Seleucid dynasty"></span> Dynasty XIII (Seleucid), 305–141 BC ===
{{See also|Seleucid dynasty|Seleucid Empire}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|[[Seleucus I Nicator]]
|[[File:Seleucus in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Siluku}}</small>
|305 BC{{efn|Seleucus I Nicator became king in 305 BC, but he retroactively dated to his accession to 311 BC.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}} The Babylonian King List dates Seleucus I's accession to 305/304 BC.{{Sfn|Boiy|2011|p=3}}|group="n"}}
|<small>September</small><br />281 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — general (''Diadochus'') of Alexander III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=205}}
|-
|[[Antiochus I Soter]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|294 BC{{efn|Did not technically become senior king until his father's death, from which his rule is counted in the Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic period,{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=206}} but recognised as king in date formulae alongside his father from this earlier date onwards.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}} |group="n"|name=earlyStart}}
|<small>2 June</small><br />261 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=206}}
|-
|Seleucus{{efn|Junior ruler who never ruled in his own right, recognised as king of Babylon alongside his senior counterpart in date formulae.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}}|group="n"|name=datejunior}}
|[[File:Seleucus in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Siluku}}</small>
|281 BC
|266 BC
|Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert}}
|-
|[[Antiochus II Theos]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|266 BC{{efn||group="n"|name=earlyStart}}
|<small>July</small><br />246 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=206}}
|-
|[[Seleucus II Callinicus]]
|[[File:Seleucus in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Siluku}}</small>
|<small>July</small><br />246 BC
|225 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=206}}
|-
|[[Seleucus III Ceraunus]]
|[[File:Seleucus in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Siluku}}</small>
|225 BC
|223 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=207|3a1=Mittag|3y=2008|3p=50}}
|-
|[[Antiochus III the Great]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|223 BC
|<small>3 July</small><br />187 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=207|3a1=Mittag|3y=2008|3p=50}}
|-
|[[Antiochus (son of Antiochus III the Great)|Antiochus]]{{efn|Junior ruler who never ruled in his own right, recognised as king of Babylon alongside his senior counterpart in date formulae{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}} and in the Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period.{{Sfn|Sachs|Wiseman|1954|p=207}}|group="n"|name=juniorKingList}}
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|210 BC
|192 BC
|Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=207}}
|-
|[[Seleucus IV Philopator]]
|[[File:Seleucus in Akkadian.png|63x63px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Siluku}}</small>
|189 BC{{efn||group="n"|name=earlyStart}}
|<small>3 September</small><br />175 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=208}}
|-
|[[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|<small>3 September</small><br />175 BC
|164 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2pp=208–209|3a1=Mittag|3y=2008|3p=51}}
|-
|[[Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV|Antiochus]]{{efn||group="n"|name=juniorKingList}}
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|175 BC
|170 BC
|Joint-king of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2pp=208–209|3a1=Gera|3y=1998|3p=110}}
|-
|[[Antiochus V Eupator]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|164 BC
|162 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Antiochus IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxi, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=209|3a1=Scolnic|3y=2014|3p=5}}
|-
|[[Demetrius I Soter]]<br /><small>(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Demetrius in Akkadian.png|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dimitri}}</small>
|<small>c. January</small><br />161 BC{{efn|Demetrius I Soter deposed and killed Antiochus V Eupator in 162 BC, but the last known document dated to Antiochus V's rule at Babylon is from 11 January 161 BC. It is possible that it took several weeks for the news of Antiochus V's death to reach the eastern provinces.{{Sfn|Houghton|1979|p=215–216}}|group="n"}}
|<small>c. January</small><br />161 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Seleucus IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxii, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=209|3a1=Scolnic|3y=2014|3p=7}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|''[[Timarchus]]''
|—<br />{{efn|No known cuneiform tablets record Timarchus's brief rule in Babylonia.{{sfnm|1a1=Houghton|1y=1979|2a1=Boiy|1pp=213–217|2pp=164–165|2y=2004}}|group="n"}}
|<small>c. January</small><br />161 BC{{efn|name=Tim|Given that tablets dating to Antiochus V Eupator are known from January 161 BC, and the earliest known tablet dated to Demetrius I is from 14 May 161 BC, Timarchus's brief control of Babylon must have transpired at some point between these dates.{{Sfn|Houghton|1979|p=215–216}}|group="n"}}
|<small>c. May</small><br />161 BC{{efn|name=Tim}}
|Rebel satrap (vassal governor) under the Seleucids — captured and briefly ruled Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Houghton|1y=1979|2a1=Boiy|1pp=213–217|2pp=164–165|2y=2004}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Demetrius I Soter]]<br /><small>(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Demetrius in Akkadian.png|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dimitri}}</small>
|<small>c. May</small><br />161 BC
|150 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — reconquered Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxii, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Houghton|2y=1979|2pp=213–217|3a1=Sachs|3a2=Wiseman|3y=1954|3p=209}}
|-
|[[Alexander Balas]]
|[[File:Alexander in Akkadian.png|129x129px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aliksandar}}</small>
|150 BC
|146 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — supposedly son of Antiochus IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxii, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=209|3a1=Mittag|3y=2008|3p=51}}
|-
|[[Demetrius II Nicator]]
|[[File:Demetrius in Akkadian.png|61x61px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Dimitri'}}</small>
|146 BC
|141 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Demetrius I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxii, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Sachs|2a2=Wiseman|2y=1954|2p=209}}
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Parthian Empire"></span> Dynasty XIV (Arsacid), 141 BC – AD 224 ===
{{See also|Parthian Empire}}
:'''{{Smallcaps|note}}''': ''<small>The chronology of the Parthian kings, especially in the early period, is disputed on account of a lack of sources. The chronology here, which omits several rival kings and usurpers, primarily follows Shayegan (2011),{{Sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=|pp=229–239}} Dąbrowa (2012){{sfn|Dąbrowa|2012|p=|pp=169–176}} and Daryaee (2012).{{sfn|Daryaee|2012|p=|pp=391–392}} For alternate interpretations, see the [[List of Parthian monarchs]].</small>''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |King
! width="20%" | Akkadian
! width="10%" |Reigned from
! width="10%" |Reigned until
! width="40%" |Succession
! width="10%" |Ref
|-
|[[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>{{efn|Babylonian documents from the period of Parthian rule refer to virtually all Parthian kings as Arshaka, Arshakan, Arshakamma, or some other Akkadian variant of the name {{translit|la|Arsaces}}.{{Sfn|Olmstead|1937|p=14}} This list uses the spelling {{translit|akk|Aršakâ}} per Spar & Lambert (2005).{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xlii}}
{{translit|la|Arsaces}} was used as the regnal name by all Parthian kings, making it more similar to an official title, such as the Roman [[Caesar (title)|{{translit|la|Caesar}}]], than a name. If there was a period of civil war or rivalry, i.e. in times where there were multiple {{translit|la|Arsaces}} at the same time and clarification was needed, Babylonian documents sometimes employed the personal names of the kings.{{Sfn|Olmstead|1937|p=14}} The practice of all Parthian kings assuming {{translit|la|Arsaces}} as their regnal name complicates establishing a chronology of rulers,{{Sfn|Olmstead|1937|p=14}}{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxi}} which mainly has to follow evidence from coinage.{{Sfn|Olmstead|1937|p=14}}|group="n"}}
|141 BC
|132 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — conquered Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=57}}
|-
|[[Phraates II]]<small><br />(First reign)</small>
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|132 BC
|<small>July</small><br />130 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2p=123}}
|-
|[[Rinnu]]{{efn|Though formally only a regent during the minority of her son, a contemporary Babylonian tablet counts Rinnu as a monarch. The date formula of this tablet reads 'Arshak and Ri-[in(?)]-nu, his mother, kings'.{{Sfn|Olmstead|1937|p=13}}|group="n"}}
|[[File:Rinu in Akkadian.png|frameless|78x78px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ri-[—]-nu}}{{Efn|Name incompletely preserved (middle sign missing).{{Sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=230}}}}</small>
|132 BC
|<small>July</small><br />130 BC
|Mother and regent for Phraates II, who was a minor at the time of his accession
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2p=123}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Antiochus VII Sidetes]]
|[[File:Antiochus in Akkadian.png|139x139px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Antiʾukusu}}</small>
|<small>July</small><br />130 BC
|<small>November</small><br />129 BC
|King of the Seleucid Empire — son of Demetrius I, conquered Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1pp=xxii, xlii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2pp=110–111|3a1=Shayegan|3y=2011|3p=123}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Phraates II]]<small><br />(Second reign)</small>
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|<small>November</small><br />129 BC
|128/127 BC{{efn|name=Hyspa|Phraates II's rule in Babylon is last attested on 17 May 128 BC. Hyspaosines is first attested as ruler on 30/31 May 127 BC.{{Sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=111}}|group="n"}}
|King of the Parthian Empire — reconquered Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2pp=110–111|3a1=Shayegan|3y=2011|3p=123}}
|-
|Ubulna{{efn|Queen consort, and thus not formally a monarch, but recorded together with her husband as ruler in Babylonian date formulae.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxii}}|group="n"|name=ParthianQueen}}
|[[File:Ubulna in Akkadian.png|frameless|82x82px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Ubulna}}</small>
|<small>November</small><br />129 BC
|128/127 BC
|Unclear identity, associated with Phraates II – probably his queen
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2pp=110–111|3a1=Shayegan|3y=2011|3p=123}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Hyspaosines]]
|[[File:Hyspaosines in Akkadian.png|frameless|117x117px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aspasinē}}</small>
|128/127 BC{{efn|name=Hyspa}}
|<small>November</small><br />127 BC
|King of [[Characene]] — captured Babylon in the wake of Antiochus VII Sidetes's campaign
|{{sfnm|1a1=Oelsner|1p=301|1y=2014|2a1=Shayegan|2y=2011|2pp=110–111}}
|-
! colspan="6" |
|-
|[[Artabanus I of Parthia|Artabanus I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|<small>November</small><br />127 BC
|124 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — brother of Mithridates I, conquered Babylonia
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Daryaee|2y=2012|2p=391}}
|-
|[[Mithridates II of Parthia|Mithridates II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|124 BC
|91 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=35}}
|-
|[[Gotarzes I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|91 BC
|80 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Lewy|2y=1944|2p=202}}
|-
|Asi'abatar{{efn||group="n"|name=ParthianQueen}}
|[[File:Asi'abatar in Akkadian.png|104x104px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aši'abatum}}</small>
|91 BC
|80 BC
|Wife (queen) of Gotarzes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Lewy|2y=1944|2p=202}}
|-
|[[Orodes I of Parthia|Orodes I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|80 BC
|75 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Mithridates II or Gotarzes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Lewy|2y=1944|2p=203|3a1=Ellerbrock|3y=2021|3p=36}}
|-
|Ispubarza{{efn||group="n"|name=ParthianQueen}}
|<small>{{translit|akk|Isbubarzâ}}</small>
|80 BC
|75 BC
|Sister-wife (queen) of Orodes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Lewy|2y=1944|2p=203}}
|-
|[[Sinatruces of Parthia|Sinatruces]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|75 BC
|69 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son or brother of Mithridates I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2pp=36–37}}
|-
|[[Phraates III]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|69 BC
|57 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Sinatruces
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=40}}
|-
|Piriustana{{efn||group="n"|name=ParthianQueen}}
|<small>{{translit|akk|Piriustanâ}}</small>
|69 BC
|??
|Wife (queen) of Phraates III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2p=235|2y=2011}}
|-
|Teleuniqe{{efn||group="n"|name=ParthianQueen}}
|<small>{{translit|akk|Ṭeleuniqê'}}</small>
|??
|57 BC
|Wife (queen) of Phraates III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Shayegan|2p=235|2y=2011}}
|-
|[[Orodes II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|57 BC
|38 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates III
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=41}}
|-
|[[Phraates IV]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|38 BC
|2 BC
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Orodes II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=43}}
|-
|[[Phraates V]]{{efn|Phraates V's mother, [[Musa of Parthia|Musa]], who ruled with him as co-ruler, is not recorded as a monarch in any known Babylonian tablets.{{Sfn|Spar|Lambert|2005|p=xxii}}|group="n"}}
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|2 BC
|AD 4
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2pp=45–46}}
|-
|[[Orodes III of Parthia|Orodes III]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 4
|AD 6
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=48|3a1=Daryaee|3y=2012|3p=391}}
|-
|[[Vonones I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 6
|AD 12
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Phraates IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=48}}
|-
|[[Artabanus II of Parthia|Artabanus II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 12
|AD 38
|King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Phraates IV (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=49}}
|-
|[[Vardanes I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 38
|AD 46
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=49}}
|-
|[[Gotarzes II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 38
|AD 51
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Artabanus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=49}}
|-
|[[Vonones II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 51
|AD 51
|King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Phraates IV (?)
|{{sfnm|1a1=Daryaee|1y=2012|1pp=391–392|2a1=Olbrycht|2y=2016|2p=24}}
|-
|[[Vologases I of Parthia|Vologases I]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 51
|AD 78
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vonones II or Artabanus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=57}}
|-
|[[Pacorus II]]
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 78
|AD 110
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=58}}
|-
|[[Artabanus III of Parthia|Artabanus III]]{{efn|The latest known datable Akkadian cuneiform tablet is W22340a, found at [[Uruk]] and dated to AD 79/80. The tablet preserves the word {{translit|sux|{{sc|lugal}}}} (king), indicating that the Babylonians by this point still recognised a king.{{sfn|Hunger|de Jong|2014|p=182–185}} The ruler of Babylonia at this point in time was the Parthian rival king (i. e. usurper) Artabanus III, noted by historians as having had support for his rule in Babylonia, but not much support elsewhere in the Parthian Empire.{{sfn|Schippmann|1986|pp=647–650}}|group="n"}}
|[[File:Arsaces in Akkadian.png|109x109px]]<br /><small>{{translit|akk|Aršakâ}}</small>
|AD 79/80
|AD 81
|Rival king of the Parthian Empire (against Pacorus II) — son of Vologases I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Spar|1p=xxii|1y=2005|1a2=Lambert|2a1=Schippmann|2y=1986|2pp=647–650}}
|-
|''[[Osroes I]]''
|—<br />{{efn|Although the late Parthian kings would presumably have been referred to as {{translit|akk|Aršákā}}, like their predecessors, no cuneiform records are known from beyond AD 79/80.{{sfn|Hunger|de Jong|2014|p=182–185}}|group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 109
|AD 129
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Pacorus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2pp=60–61}}
|-
|''[[Vologases III of Parthia|Vologases III]]''
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 110
|AD 147
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Pacorus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Dąbrowa|2y=2012|2p=176}}
|-
|[[Parthamaspates of Parthia|''Parthamaspates'']]
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 116
|AD 117
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Osroes I
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=61}}
|-
|''[[Vologases IV]]''
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 147
|AD 191
|King of the Parthian Empire — grandson of Pacorus II
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=61}}
|-
|''[[Vologases V]]''
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 191
|AD 208
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases IV
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Patterson|2y=2013|2pp=180–181}}
|-
|''[[Vologases VI]]''
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 208
|AD 216/228
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases V
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2p=63}}
|-
|[[Artabanus IV of Parthia|''Artabanus IV'']]
|—<br />{{efn||group="n"|name=lastParthians}}
|AD 216
|AD 224
|King of the Parthian Empire — son of Vologases V
|{{sfnm|1a1=Beaulieu|1p=14|1y=2018|2a1=Ellerbrock|2y=2021|2pp=63–64}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Assyrian kings]] – for the Assyrian kings
* [[List of Mesopotamian dynasties]] – for other dynasties and kingdoms in ancient Mesopotamia

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|20em}}

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