Labashi-Marduk
E71006
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Labashi-Marduk canonical | 9 |
| Labaši-Marduk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T546159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Labashi-Marduk Context triple: [Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruler, Labashi-Marduk]
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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C.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
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D.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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E.
Eshmun
Eshmun is a Phoenician god primarily associated with healing and medicine, often linked to later Greco-Roman healing deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Labashi-Marduk Target entity description: Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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C.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
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D.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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E.
Eshmun
Eshmun is a Phoenician god primarily associated with healing and medicine, often linked to later Greco-Roman healing deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Babylonian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire | Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| attestedAs |
possibly minor at accession
ⓘ
son of Neriglissar in some sources ⓘ |
| causeOfEndOfReign | palace conspiracy ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | penultimate king before Nabonidus in Neriglissar’s line ⓘ |
| culture | Babylonian ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Babylon ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian dynasty
|
| era |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Babylonian period
|
| father | Neriglissar ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | poorly attested ruler ⓘ |
| house | dynasty of Neriglissar ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| knownFrom |
chronicles
ⓘ
economic tablets ⓘ later king lists ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| legitimacyPerception | questioned by some Babylonian elites ⓘ |
| motherStatus | possibly of non-royal birth ⓘ |
| name | Labashi-Marduk self-link ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | conspiracy of Babylonian nobles ⓘ |
| overthrowParticipants |
Babylonian court faction
ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ |
| politicalContext | court struggles after Neriglissar’s death ⓘ |
| politicalOutcome | replacement by Nabonidus as king of Babylon ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Nergal-šarra-uṣur
ⓘ
surface form:
Neriglissar
|
| regionRuled | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignCentury | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| reignLength | very short reign ⓘ |
| reignLengthEstimate | about 2–3 months ⓘ |
| reignPeriod | 556 BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Babylonian polytheism
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian religion
|
| royalTitle |
King of Babylon
ⓘ
King of the Lands ⓘ |
| successionType | hereditary succession ⓘ |
| successor | Nabonidus ⓘ |
| throneCity | Babylon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Labashi-Marduk Description of subject: Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Labaši-Marduk
subject surface form:
Neriglissar