Belšar-uṣur

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Belšar-uṣur is the Akkadian form of the name Belshazzar, the Neo-Babylonian prince known from the Book of Daniel and historical inscriptions as a son of King Nabonidus.

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Label Occurrences
Belšar-uṣur canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Babylonian prince ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
activeInCentury 6th century BCE ⓘ
activeInPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
appearsIn Daniel 5 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Daniel
associatedWithCity Babylon ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Bel (Marduk) ⓘ
linked to: Marduk
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great (traditional association) ⓘ
attestedIn Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar ⓘ
childOf Nabonidus ⓘ
culture Babylonian ⓘ
deathPlace Babylon (traditional/likely) ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
dynastyNumber Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Chaldean ⓘ
father Nabonidus ⓘ
governedFor Nabonidus ⓘ
governedTerritory Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
governedWhile Nabonidus was in Tayma ⓘ
hasNameInHebrewBible Belshazzar ⓘ
historicalIdentificationOf Belshazzar of Daniel ⓘ
linked to: Belshazzar
historicalRole son and heir of Nabonidus ⓘ
historicalStatus non-reigning royal prince ⓘ
knownAs Belshazzar, son of Nabonidus ⓘ
linked to: Belshazzar
knownFrom Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
Book of Daniel ⓘ
languageForm Akkadian ⓘ
memberOfDynasty Neo-Babylonian dynasty ⓘ
mentionedAs “son of the king” in inscriptions ⓘ
nameElement Bel ⓘ
uṣur ⓘ
šar ⓘ
nameMeaning Bel protect the king ⓘ
nameVariantOf Belshazzar ⓘ
positionHeld co-regent of Nabonidus ⓘ
crown prince of Babylon ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Babylonian religion ⓘ
roleInBookOfDaniel last king of Babylon (in the narrative) ⓘ
sourceType biblical text ⓘ
cuneiform inscription ⓘ
title mār šarri (son of the king) ⓘ

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

Belshazzar → nameVariant → Belšar-uṣur ⓘ