Aššur-nādin-šumi

Babylonia had been conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire by Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 745–727 BC) less than thirty years before Aššur-nādin-šumi became its king.

[7] As an Assyrian king of Babylon, Aššur-nādin-šumi's position was politically important and highly delicate and would have granted valuable experience to him as the intended heir to the entire Neo-Assyrian Empire.

However, Aššur-nādin-šumi's tenure as Babylonian king would not last long and he was unable to handle the volatile political situation in the south.

[7] In 694 BC, Sennacherib campaigned against Elam (modern day southern Iran) to chase after Chaldean rebels which had fled there.

In response to this incursion into their territory, the Elamites invaded the southern parts of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and in 694 BC, probably encouraged by the Babylonians themselves, successfully captured Aššur-nādin-šumi at the city of Sippar.

Confirmation by the later Babylonian king Šamaš-šuma-ukin , Aššur-nādin-šumi's nephew, of a grant originally made by Aššur-nādin-šumi. 670–650 BC. The tablet is currently housed in the British Museum .