Ashur-resh-ishi II
| Ashur-resh-ishi II | |
|---|---|
| King of Assyria | |
| King of theMiddle Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | 972–967 BC |
| Predecessor | Ashur-rabi II |
| Successor | Tiglath-Pileser II |
| Issue | Tiglath-Pileser II |
| Father | Ashur-rabi II |
Aššūr-reš-iši II,inscribedmaš-šur-SAG-i-ši,meaning "(the god)Aššurhas lifted my head, "was the king ofAssyria,971–967 BC, the 96th to be listed on theAssyrian Kinglist.[i 1][i 2]His short five-year reign is rather poorly attested and somewhat overshadowed by the lengthy reigns of his predecessor,Aššur-rabi II,and successor,Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II.
Biography[edit]
He succeeded his father,Aššur-rabi II,who had a long 41-year reign. He was probably fairly elderly when the accession took place. He is given in theSynchronistic Kinglist[i 3]as the counterpart of theBabyloniankingMâr-bîti-apla-uṣur(983-978 BC), the sole member of the 7th orElamitedynasty ofBabylon,although conventional chronology would suggest the subsequent king,Nabû-mukin-apli(978–943 BC), might be a more likely candidate.[1]The part of theeponymlist Cc[i 4]which would have displayed hislimmuofficials, was at the top of column V, and isobliterated.
Apart from the references to him in later copies of theAssyrian Kinglistsand in the filiation of his grandson,Aššur-dān II,the only contemporary inscriptions referring to him are from his stele[i 5]at the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," inAššurand in the cylinder inscription[i 6]of Bēl-ereš.[2]His stele (number 12) is simply inscribed "ṣalamof Aššur-reš-iši, king of Assyria (MAN.KURaš-šur), son of [A]ššur-[r]abi, king of Assyria, "where the termṣalamis taken to mean "statue."[3]Bēl-eriš, thešangû-priest of the temple of the godSamnuha,in the city of Šadikanni, in the Ḫārbūr river valley region, commemorated his construction of aquay-wall for a canal during Aššur-rabi II’s reign, and the reconstruction of the temple during Aššūr-reš-iši’s, in his clay cylinder inscription recovered from Aššur.
Inscriptions[edit]
- ^Khorsabad Kinglist,tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54), iv 10, 12.
- ^Nassouhi Kinglist,Istanbul A. 116 (Assur 8836), iv 25, 27.
- ^Synchronistic Kinglist,tablet Ass 14616c (KAV 216), iii 8.
- ^Eponym List KAV 21, tablet VAT 11254, v.
- ^Stele RIMA 2 A.0.96.1:2.
- ^Cylinder inscription of Bēl-ereš, RIMA 2 A.0.96.2001:16.
References[edit]
- ^J. A. Brinkman (1968).A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158–722 B.C.Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. pp. 28–29.
- ^K. Fabritius (1998). "Aššūr-rēšī-išši". In K. Radner (ed.).The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A.The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 213.
- ^Allison Karmel Thomason (2006).Luxury And Legitimation: Royal Collecting In Ancient Mesopotamia.Ashgate Pub Co. p. 110.
Further reading[edit]
- Albert Kirk Grayson (1991).Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC).University of Toronto Press.