Muballitat-Sherua was a princess of Assyria, daughter of Ashur-uballit I.
Biography
Muballitat-Sherua was a daughter of the Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I (reigned c. 1363 and c. 1328 BC). Her father was the first to adopt the title king of Assyria. She was married to the Babylonian king Burna-Buriash II, who by that time had already been involved in royal intermarriage multiple times, sending several of his daughters to other courts. According to Amanda Podany, the Babylonian king was probably well into middle age by the time he married Muballitat-Sherua. By Burna-Buriash she had Karahardash (Karaindash). He acceded to the Babylonian throne but was killed shortly thereafter during a rebellion. His death was later avenged by his own grandfather, the Assyrian king. Since Kara-hardash had been killed in the rebellion, the Assyrians placed on the Babylonian throne a certain Kurigalzu, who may have been Burnaburiash's son or grandson.
There is debate over whether Muballit married Burna-Buriash or his son, that is Kara-ḫardaš, as the historical sources don't agree. One ancient source (Chronicle P) calls the son of Muballitat-Sherua (and Karaindash) Kadashman-Harbe, the father of Kurigalzu, according to this chronicle. The other primary source (the Synchronistic History), however, states that Kurigalzu was the son of Burnaburiash. However, this source could also be interpreted as expressing that the father of Kurigalzu was Kara-hardash. Kadashman-Harbe, then, could be another name for Kara-hardash. Neither source records explicitly who was the husband of Muballitat-Sherua.
