Karduniaš, also transcribed
Karduniash,
Karaduniyaš or
Karaduniše), is a Kassite term used for the kingdom centered on
Babylonia and founded by the Kassite dynasty. It is used in the 1350-1335 BC
Amarna letters correspondence, and is also used frequently in Middle-Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian texts to refer to the kingdom of Babylon. The name Karaduniyaš is mainly used in the letters written between
Kadashman-Enlil I, or
Burna-Buriash, the Kings of Babylon, and the
Pharaoh of
Ancient Egypt-(called:
Mizri), letters EA 1-EA 11, a subcorpus of letters, (
EA for 'el
Amarna'). Much later, a version of the name was used in the
Babylonian Talmud as
Kardunya referring to similar locations.