Addagoppe of Harran
Adad - snack, previous reading Adda-guppi/Adda Guppi (also snack Adad Adad - guppi, Adad Guppi; * 650 BC, † April 17 546 BC) Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus mother of the last was ( Nabû -na ʾ id) and a particular unspecified daughter. Her name is of Aramaic origin and means: Adad / Hadad gave me protection.
Your Life
Adad - snack was 610 BC when the Assyrian princess royal house and was exiled by the victory of Nabopolassar, along with the surviving family members to Babylon. At the Babylonian royal court they led in due time a free life and behaved loyal to the Babylonierkönig. A short time later she married the Babylonian princes Nabû - balātsu - iqbi, which was called by Nabonidus as a wise prince or powerful governor.
Adad - snack arises in their Harran inscription H1 as high priestess of the moon god worshiped in Harran Sin ago. However, there is no other neutral documents or documents which support this statement. The contents of the inscription gives information about their lives from birth to death. The author was Nabonidus himself, who apparently wanted to honor the memory of his mother. Therefore, the texts belong to the genus of grave inscriptions.
The Harran inscriptions
The inscription of Adad - snack gives valuable information, although the content was written as theological justification subsequently, in response to the presentation in the Cyrus cylinder. The contents of the Harran inscription of Adad - snack is subsequently reproduced in part extracts.
Table H1 I
"As a priestess of Sin, Ningal, Nusku and Sadarnunna were my gods ... Since the 16th year of the reign of Nabopolassar it comes to people bad in Harran ... The temples were destroyed and the gods attracted angry in the sky ... But I worshiped it on ... I always thought of Sin, Gamag, Igtar and Adad ... Just as I am priestess on earth, am I in heaven ... Good and wonderful things that I received, I retorted. .. I prayed continually "May Sin come back to Harran, so that people worship him again " ... From the 20th year of the reign of Ashurbanipal, the year of my birth, until the 4th year of Nergal - Sarra - usur I had 95 years wait until I was chosen by Sin ... My only son Nabu - na'id was appointed king ... He was given the territories from the border of Egypt to the lower sea entrusted ... My prayers were answered by Sin. "
Table H1 II
"You, Sin, Nabu - na'id you raised the king and drop his enemies ... You spoke to me" With you be with me by the gods Nabu - na'id, your son back to Harran. " .. It was too much to bear, as the people had previously passed in wickedness in you ... the king of the gods spoke to me and I fulfilled his wish ... Nabu - na'id built Ehulhul new and more perfect than in previous times ... the Hand of Sin took Nabu - na'id, led him to his place to let proclaim his words ... With Nabopolassar you served the generations Nebuchadnezzar II, Nergal - Sarra - usur total of 68 years ... you've renewed my days and I dedicated it to you, Sin, king of the gods ... since I was born until the 9th year of the reign of Nabu - na'id 104 years have passed .... Now, in the 9th year of the reign, also my destiny has been fulfilled. "
The death of Adad - snack
After v. on April 17, 546 AD in Dūr - Karasu on the Euphrates above were made from Sippar death of Adda - guppi ordered her grandson Belshazzar ( Bel- šarru - usur ), which as its in Tayma because of the long stay of his father Nabonidus deputy in Babylon officiated at a three -day mourning. In the month Simanu ( 11 June-9 July 546 BC) was not yet held a general national mourning; this should be done on the orders of the resident in the distance Nabonidus, who had been well- informed a little later by the death of his mother.
Adad - happes King chronology
- Assurbanipal 42 years
- Ashur etil - ilani 3 years
- Nabopolassar 21 years
- Nebuchadnezzar II 43 years
- Amel -Marduk 2 years
- Nergal - Sarra - usur 4 years