abstract:Nergal-sharezer or Neriglissar (in Akkadian Nergal-šar-uṣur, "Oh god Nergal, preserve/defend the king"; the common form of his name is Neriglissar Hyatt, The Interpreter's Bible, 1951, volume V, p. 1,079) was King of Babylon from 560 to 556 BC.