Ashur-rim-nisheshu
| Ashur-rim-nisheshu | |
|---|---|
| Issi'ak Assur | |
| King of Assur | |
| Reign | c.1408–1401 BC[1] |
| Predecessor | Ashur-bel-nisheshu |
| Successor | Ashur-nadin-ahhe II |
| Issue | Ashur-nadin-ahhe II |
| Father | Ashur-bel-nisheshu |
Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu,inscribedmdaš-šur-ÁG-UN.MEŠ-šu,meaning “(the god)Aššurloves his people,”[2]was ruler ofAssyria,orišši’ak Aššur,“vice-regent of Aššur,” written inSumerian:PA.TE.SI(=ÉNSI),c. 1408–1401 BC or c. 1398–1391 BC (short chronology), the 70th to be listed on theAssyrian King List.He is best known for his reconstruction of the inner city wall ofAššur.
Biography[edit]
All three extantAssyrian Kinglists[i 2][i 3][i 4]give his filiation as “son ofAššur-bēl-nišēšu,"the monarch who immediately preceded him, but this is contradicted by the sole extant contemporary inscription, aconegiving a dedicatory inscription for the reconstruction of the wall of the inner city of Aššur, which gives his father asAššur-nērārī II(written phonetically on the third line of the illustration),[3]the same as his predecessor who was presumably therefore his brother. With Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, another son of Aššur-nērārī who was given the title "supreme judge," it seems he may have been the third of Aššur-nērārī's sons to rule.[4]
The cone identifies the previous restorers asKikkia,Ikunum(1867–1860 BC),Sargon I(1859 BC –?),Puzur-Aššur II,andAššur-nārāri I(1547–1522 BC) the son ofIshme-Dagan II(1579–1562 BC).[5]The reference to Kikkia's original fortification of the city is repeated in one of the later king's,Salmānu-ašarēd III,own inscriptions.[6]It was recovered from an old adobe wall three meters from the northern edge of theziggurat.[7]
He was succeeded by his son,Aššur-nadin-aḫḫē II.
Inscriptions[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Chen, Fei (2020)."Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings".Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur.Leiden: BRILL.ISBN978-9004430914.
- ^K. Radner (1998).The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A.The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 209.
- ^J. A. Brinkman (1973). "Comments on the Nasouhi Kinglist and the Assyrian Kinglist Tradition".Orientalia.42:312.
- ^B. Newgrosh (1999). "The Chronology of Ancient Assyria Re-assessed".Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum.8:80.
- ^A. K. Grayson (1972).Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume I.Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 39–40.
- ^Hildegard Lewy(1966).The Cambridge Ancient History: Assyria c.2600-1816 B.C.p. 21.
- ^L. Messerschmidt (1911).Keilschrifttexte aus Assur Historischen Inhalts, Erstes Heft.VDOG. p. xii.