Marduk-zakir-shumi I

Marduk-zâkir-šumi I
King of Babylon
Marduk-zakir-shumi I, on the Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III at the Iraq Museum
Reignc. 855 – 819 BC
PredecessorNabû-apla-iddina
SuccessorMarduk-balāssu-iqbi
HouseDynasty of E

Marduk-zâkir-šumi (inscribed mdAMAR.UTU-za-kir-MU in a reconstruction of two kinglists, 'Marduk pronounced the name',) was a king of Babylon from 855 to 819 BC during the mixed dynastic period referred to in antiquity as the dynasty of E. He was a contemporary of the Assyrian kings, Salmānu-ašarēdu III (commonly known as Shalmaneser III) (859–824 BC) and Šamši-Adad V (824–811 BC) with whom he was allied.