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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Kadašman-Ḫarbe II
| title = [[List of kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]]
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| reign = c. 1223 BC
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| predecessor = [[Enlil-nadin-shumi|Enlil-nādin-šumi]]
| successor = [[Adad-shuma-iddina|Adad-šuma-iddina]]
| spouse =
| royal house = [[Kassites|Kassite]]
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'''Kadašman-Ḫarbe II''', inscribed d''Ka-dáš-man-Ḫar-be'', ''Kad-aš-man-Ḫar-be'' or variants and meaning ''I believe in Ḫarbe'', the lord of the [[Kassite deities|Kassite pantheon]] corresponding to [[Enlil]], succeeded [[Enlil-nadin-shumi|Enlil-nādin-šumi]], as the 30th [[Kassites|Kassite]] or 3rd dynasty king of [[Babylon]]. His reign was recorded as lasting only one year, six months, c. 1223 BC, as "MU 1 ITI 6" according to the ''Kinglist A'',<ref group = i>''Kinglist A'', BM 33332, ii 9.</ref> a formula which is open to interpretation.

==Biography==

He seems to have been elevated to the kingship following the downfall of Enlil-nādin-šumi after the invasion of [[Elam]]ite forces under their king, Kidin-Hutran III. He may have ruled during the [[Assyria]]n hegemony of [[Tukulti-Ninurta I]] or possibly in the period between the capture of the earlier Kassite monarch, [[Kashtiliash IV|Kaštiliašu IV]], and the second Assyrian campaign which conquered the city of Babylon.<ref>{{ cite journal | title = Tukulti-Ninurta I's Rule over Babylonia and its Aftermath - A Historical Reconstruction | author = Shigeo Yamada | journal = Orient | volume = 38 | year = 2003 | page =161 | doi=10.5356/orient1960.38.153}}</ref> There is little known about the reign other than it was short, perhaps just a few months.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Reallexikon Der Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Ia – Kizzuwatna (Volume 5) | chapter = Kadašman-Ḫarbe II | author = J. A. Brinkman | editor = Dietz Otto Edzard | publisher = Walter De Gruyter | year = 1999 | page = 286 }}</ref>

Despite the apparent brevity of his reign, there are six economic texts ([[clay tablet]]s) dated to him. The two economic texts from Ur include a judgment of a case<ref group=i>Museum ref. IM 85473, excavation ref. U 7788d, settlement of a dispute arising from purchase of a slave, Gurney text 2, Brinkman Kb.2.2.2., month of Ṭebētu, day 28, accession year.</ref> involving the aborted purchase of a boy called Bunni-Sîn and the aggressive steps his would-be buyer (Šamaš-ēṭir) took to seek return of his fee, including imprisoning the wife (Rihītuša) of the acting surety (Irība-ili). The other Ur text<ref group=i>Museum ref. IM 85505, excavation ref. U 7787i, purchase of a cow with calf, Gurney text 34, Brinkman Kb.2.2.4., month of Abu, day 9, year 1(?).</ref> is dated seven months later and is a purchase contract for a cow with calf, where Šamaš-ēṭir once again acts as buyer.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Middle Babylonian Legal & Economic Texts from Ur | author = O. R. Gurney | publisher = British School of Archaeology in Iraq | year = 1983 | pages = 22–28,104–106 }}</ref> There are two texts from Nippur dated to his reign, one of which<ref group=i>Museum ref. CBS 12917, legal text for purchase of a wife, Brinkman Kb.2.2.1., month of Kislīmu, day 11, year accession year.</ref> records the sale of a girl, one-half cubit in size, to Rabâ-ša-Ninimma, as a wife for his second son, Ninimma-zēra-šubši, for the price of two fine ''muḫtillû''-garments, worth two shekels of gold, and some food. The other text is a ration list<ref group=i>Museum ref. CBS 7241, month of Kislīmu, accession year.</ref> and is the earliest of the dated clay tablets.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Materials and Studies for Kassite History, Vol. I (MSKH I) | author = J. A. Brinkman | publisher = Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago | year = 1976 | pages = 383–384 }}</ref>

The other texts, one of unknown origin<ref group=i>Museum ref. YBC 7652, dated month of Elūlu day 14, first year .</ref> and one apparently from Babylon<ref group=i>Bab 39045, dated month Ṭebētu day 10 tenth year.</ref> remain unpublished. This second text would have presented a chronological problem as it could be dated Ṭebētu, 10th day ''tenth'' year if the [[Winkelhaken]] has been correctly read.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Archive und Bibliotheken in Babylon: die Tontafeln der Grabung Robert Koldeweys 1899-1917 | author = Olof Pedersén | publisher = Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in Kommission bei sdv Saarländische Druckererei und Verlag | year = 2005 | page = 98 }}</ref> It was recovered from the archive of Itti-Ezida-lummir in Babylon (Pedersén M8) along with another tablet of unconventional dating,<ref group=i>A. 1998 (= Bab 39031), a tablet with a Kadašman-Enlil immediately preceding the reign of [[Kadashman-Turgu|Kadašman-Turgu]].</ref> leading Werner Nahm to suggest them both ancient fabrications.<ref>{{ cite journal | title = 12. Kadašman-Enlil IIa as a Green Tiger | author = Werner Nahm | journal = Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU) | year = 2016 | issue = 1 (Mars) | page = 17 }}</ref> However, tt is written in the heavily slanted paleography of late Middle Babylonian cuneiform and should probably read as 1 in contrast to the 10 date on the preceding line.<ref>{{ cite journal | title = 45. The Green Tiger, Revisited | author = J. A. Brinkman | journal = Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU) | year = 2016 | issue = 2 (juin) | page = 75 }}</ref> The other five texts fall within a twelve-month period. Also, another tablet from Nippur<ref group=i>Museum ref. IM 80114, excavation ref. 14 N 211, dated month of Simānu, day 15, first year.</ref> mentions him probably in the context of an earlier transaction in his accession year: [M]U.SAG.˹NA˺[M.L]UGAL''-rí'' ˹d˺''ka-dáš-m''[''an-ḫar-b'']''e'', but the date for the document omits a king’s name.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Nippur III: Kassite Buildings in Area WC-1 (OIP 111) | chapter = Catalogue of Tablets | author = J. A. Brinkman | editor = Richard L. Zettler | publisher = Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago | year = 1993 | page = 98 }}</ref>

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==References==

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