Editing Neriglissar (section)

=== Death and succession ===
Neriglissar did not rule for long. The last known documents dated to Neriglissar's reign are a contract from 12 April 556 BC at Babylon and a contract from 16 April that same year at Uruk.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=243}} The Uruk King List (IM 65066, also known as King List 5), a record of rulers of Babylon from [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] ({{Reign}}668–648 BC) to the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] ({{Reign}}246–225 BC),{{sfn|Oppenheim|1985|p=533}}{{sfn|Lendering|2005}} accords Neriglissar a reign of three years and eight months, consistent with the possibility that Neriglissar died in April.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=243}}

Berossus writes that Neriglissar ruled four years before dying and being succeeded by his son Laborosoardokhos (Labashi-Marduk). Berossus erroneously gives Labashi-Marduk's reign as nine months (though it is possible that this is a scribal error) and states that Labashi-Marduk's "evil ways" led to his friends plotting against him, eventually resulting in the child king being beaten to death. The plotters then agreed that Nabonnedos ([[Nabonidus]]), one of the plotters, should rule.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2006|p=139}} The Uruk King List only gives Labashi-Marduk a reign of three months{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=243}} and contract tablets from Babylonia suggest that he might have ruled as briefly as just two months.{{Sfn|Beaulieu|2006|p=139}} Although Berossus refers to Labashi-Marduk as a child, it possible that he became king as an adult since commercial texts from two years earlier indicate that Labashi-Marduk was in charge of his own affairs at that time.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=243}}

Why Labashi-Marduk was deposed and killed in a coup (led by Nabonidus's son, [[Belshazzar]]) is unclear. It is possible that the reason was that although Labashi-Marduk and his father before him were well-connected and rich, they were ultimately seen as commoners, lacking noble blood.{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}} Additionally, it is possible that while Neriglissar was seen as legitimate due to his connection to Nebuchadnezzar through his wife, Labashi-Marduk might have been the son of another wife of Neriglissar and thus completely unconnected to the royal dynasty.{{Sfn|Gruenthaner|1949|p=409}} Despite this, and despite his brief reign, Neriglissar was remembered favourably by later Babylonians. In his inscriptions, Nabonidus specifically mentions Nebuchadnezzar and Neriglissar as good kings with whom he had been associated.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=243}}