Battle of Dur-Papsukkal - armed clashes between Assyrian King Shamshid-Adad V (823-811 BC) and Babylonian king Marduk-balassu-iqbi (818-813 p.n.e.), which took place in 814 BC. near the city of Dur-Papsukkal in eastern Babylon.
The mention of the battle is in the inscription on the Shamshid-Adada V stele from Kalchu. According to it, the Babylonian troops of Marduk-balassu-iqbi, supported by the Chaldeans, Aramaeans, Elamites, and Namrians, kept the Assyrian army of Shamshid-Adad V under Dur-Papsukkal in eastern Babylon. According to the words of Shamsi-Adad V, in the battle that followed, he had a decisive victory: "I fought with him and defeated him. I slaughtered 5000 (soldiers from) his hord (and) 2000 (soldiers) I captured alive. I took him 100 chariots, 200 riders, his royal tent (i) his camp bed "
Despite the assurances of Shamshi-Adad V about the victory, the conflict between the two rulers remained unresolved. It was only during the war campaign in the following year that Shamshi-Adad V was able to break the Marduk-balassu-iqbi army and capture him. Bibliography
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