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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Marduk-zer-X
| title = [[List of kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]]
| image=
| caption =
| reign = ca. 1046–1033 BC
| coronation =
| predecessor = [[Marduk-ahhe-eriba|Marduk-aḫḫē-erība]]
| successor = [[Nabu-shum-libur|Nabû-šuma-libūr]]
| spouse =
| royal house = 2nd Dynasty of [[Isin]]
| father =
| mother =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
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'''Marduk-zer-X''' (ca. 1046–1033 BC) was the 10th and penultimate king of the 2nd Dynasty of [[Isin]], the 4th Dynasty of [[Babylon]]. The last part of his name is unknown, as the principal sources of information, the ''King List A''<ref group=i name=kla>''King List A'', BM 33332,</ref> and the ''Synchronistic King List''<ref group=i>''Synchronistic King List A.117'', Assur 14646c,</ref> are both damaged at this place in the sequence, hence the “x”. The reading of “zer” in his name by Poebel is almost as uncertain as the character may be MU which would correspond to ''šuma'' or similar.<ref>{{ cite book | title = A political history of post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C. | author = J. A. Brinkman | publisher = Analecta Orientalia | year = 1968 | page = 45 }}</ref> His [[Assyria]]n contemporary was [[Ashurnasirpal I|Aššur-nasir-apli I]].

==Biography==

He ruled twelve years according to the ''King List A''.<ref group=i name=kla/> At present, there are no inscriptions that have been identified as contemporaneous with his reign and it is only his appearance on the king lists which identify him.<ref name=edwards>{{ cite book | title = Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 2, Part 2, History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region, c. 1380-1000 BC | chapter = XXXI: Assyria and Babylonia, c. 1200-1000 BC | author = D. J. Wiseman | editor = I. E. S. Edwards | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1975 | page = 471 }}</ref>

There has been some speculation by Hallo, Younger and others that the ''Prophecy A'' text<ref group=i>''Prophecy A'', tablet VAT 10179, KAR 421.</ref> refers to the kings of this dynasty with King III corresponding to [[Marduk-nadin-ahhe|Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē]], and King IV to [[Marduk-shapik-zeri|Marduk-šāpik-zēri]] due to the coincidences of their length of reigns. For subsequent kings, the “prophecies” offer poor correlation with their reigns and known events. In this scheme, Marduk-zer-X is represented by King VI, whose text is very broken up but the rivers are said to have filled with silt.<ref name=longman>{{ cite book | title = Fictional Akkadian autobiography: a generic and comparative study | author = Tremper Longman | publisher = Eisenbrauns | date = July 1, 1990 | page = 161 }}</ref> This reconstruction depends on the identification of [[Adad-apla-iddina]] as an usuper, a position undermined by the discovery of the ''Walker Chronicle''.<ref name=walker>{{ cite book | title = Assyriological Studies presented to F. R. Kraus on the occasion of his 70th birthday | chapter = Babylonian Chronicle 25: A Chronicle of the Kassite and Isin II Dynasties | author = C.B.F. Walker | editor = G. van Driel | publisher = Netherlands Institute for the Near East | date = May 1982 | page = 417 }}</ref>

He was succeeded by [[Nabu-shum-libur|Nabû-šuma-libūr]], whose relationship to him is uncertain.

==Inscriptions==

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==References==

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