Burnaburiash II

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Burnaburiash II canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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

EA 11 (Amarna letter) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 15 (Amarna letter) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 6 (Amarna letter) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 7 (Amarna letter) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna letters

EA 8 (Amarna letter) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna letters

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

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