On the eighth day of Abu (V) 605, Nabopolassar died and, as planned several years earlier, his eldest son ascended the throne and became the next king of Babylon.[[46]] Nebuchadnezzar II, whose name means "O Nabû, preserve my firstborn son" (Akk. Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur), who got his on-the-job training while his father was king, is one of Babylon's most (in)famous kings. During his forty-three years on the throne, he transformed Babylon into a first-class, imperial megacity, something that would be remembered long after his death, just like his conquest of Jerusalem (the capital of the kingdom of Judah), an event recorded in the Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II (lines 11´–13´) and in the Bible (see below).
46 Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II lines 9–10. According to that same chronographic text (lines 10b–11), Nebuchadnezzar returned to Babylon (from Syria) and ascended the throne on the first day of Ulūlu (VI). See the Chronicles section below for a translation of this passage.
Jamie Novotny & Frauke Weiershäuser
Jamie Novotny & Frauke Weiershäuser, ' Nebuchadnezzar II', RIBo, Babylon 7: The Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [/ribo/babylon7/RINBE11Introduction/NebuchadnezzarII/]