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'''Nitocris of Babylon''' (c. 550 BC) is an otherwise unknown queen of [[Babylon]] described by [[Herodotus]] in his [[Histories (Herodotus)|''Histories'']].

She is credited by him with various building projects in Babylon. She is said to be the mother of the last king of the city, Labynetus, and to have tricked [[Darius I]] by placing her tomb above a gate so that the Persian could not pass below. According to the account, she also left a mysterious inscription that served as a trap for greedy kings.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/pss/269686 '''''Notes and Discussions''''' ''Darius and the Tomb of Nitocris''] Jstor.org of</ref><ref>[[Herodotus]], [[Histories (Herodotus)|''Histories'']] I.185</ref>

As there is no historical figure matching this description, various hypothesis have been proposed to link her with one or several known persons:<ref>Röllig Wolfgang, ''Nitokris von Babylon'', in ''Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte und deren Nachleben, Festschrift F. Altheim zum 6.10.1968'', Berlin, 1969, p 128</ref>
* [[Naqi'a]], wife of [[Sanherib]], known for building activities
* [[Addagoppe of Harran|Adad-happe]], mother of [[Nabonidus]], last king of Babylon
* an otherwise unknown wife of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] or a daughter of his<ref>O. E. Ravn, ''Herodotus' Description of Babylon.'' Copenhagen 1942, pg. 76.</ref>
==See also==
* [[Kings of Babylon]]

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