Endnote 27 – What’s in a Name?

Others think that Sheshbazzar is derived from Babylonian Shamash-apla-utzur, “Shamash [the sun-god], guard the child” (Shamash-apla-utzur > Shawash-bala-utzur > Shawash-bal-tzur > Shashbatzar > Sheshbatzar).