Editing Neriglissar (section)

=== Early activities ===
There are only a small number of cuneiform sources for the period between 594 BC and 557 BC, covering much of the later reign of Nebuchadnezzar as well as the reigns of Amel-Marduk, Neriglissar and Neriglissar's son and successor [[Labashi-Marduk]]. Historical reconstructions of this period as such generally follow secondary sources in Hebrew, Greek and Latin to determine what events transpired at the time, in addition to contract tablets from Babylonia.{{Sfn|Sack|1978|p=129}} The last document dated to the reign of Amel-Marduk is a contract dated to 7 August 560 BC, written in Babylon. Four days later, documents instead dated to Neriglissar are known from both Babylon and Uruk. Judging by increased economic activity attributed to him in the capital, Neriglissar was at Babylon at the time of the usurpation.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}}

After becoming king, Neriglissar increased his hold on the throne through marrying his daughter, Gigitum (''Gigītu''), to Nabu-shuma-ukin, the administrator of the [[Ezida]] temple in [[Borsippa]] and an influential religious leader. Not much is otherwise documented from Neriglissar's first two years as king. He is known to have continued construction and repair work on the [[Esagila]], the main temple in Babylon, as well as repaired the royal palace and the eastern bank of the [[Euphrates]] river after its annual flooding.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}}