page_title: Kadashman-Enlil II
hierarchical_section_title: Kadashman-Enlil II
caption_attribution_description: English: Original publication of line art KBo I 10, the letter from Ḫattušili III to Kadašman-Enlil II
context_page_description: Kadašman-Enlil II, typically rendered ᵈka-dáš-man-ᵈEN.LÍL in contemporary inscriptions, meaning “he believes in Enlil” was the 25th king of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty of Babylon.
  He succeeded Kadašman-Turgu as a child and political power was exercised at first by an influential vizier, Itti-Marduk-balatu, “whom the gods have caused to live far too long and [from] whose mouth unfavourable words never cease”, according to Ḫattušili III. The vizier seems to have adopted a sharply antagonistic position towards the Hittites, favoring the appeasement of their belligerent Assyrian northerly neighbor.
context_section_description: Kadašman-Enlil II, typically rendered ᵈka-dáš-man-ᵈEN.LÍL in contemporary inscriptions, meaning “he believes in Enlil” (1263-1255 BC short chronology) was the 25th king of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty of Babylon.
  He succeeded Kadašman-Turgu as a child and political power was exercised at first by an influential vizier, Itti-Marduk-balatu, “whom the gods have caused to live far too long and [from] whose mouth unfavourable words never cease”, according to Ḫattušili III. The vizier seems to have adopted a sharply antagonistic position towards the Hittites, favoring the appeasement of their belligerent Assyrian northerly neighbor.
caption: KBo I 10 original publication of letter from Ḫattušili III to Kadašman-Enlil II.[i 1]
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