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Simbar-Shipak

r. c. 1025–1008 BCE · 11th century BCE

Simbar-Shipak was a king of Babylon and the founder of the Second Sealand Dynasty, reigning from about 1025 to 1008 BCE. Of southern origin, he took the throne after the end of the Second Dynasty of Isin at a time of Aramean and Sutean raids. He restored the throne of Enlil in the Ekur at Nippur and the cult of Shamash at Sippar, and was murdered after eighteen years.

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Second Sealand Dynasty

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Simbar-Shipak. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/simbar-shipak
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