Mutakkil-Nusku
| Mutakkil-Nusku | |
|---|---|
| King of Assyria | |
| King of theMiddle Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | c.1132 BC[1] |
| Predecessor | Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur |
| Successor | Ashur-resh-ishi I |
| Issue | Ashur-resh-ishi I |
| Father | Ashur-Dan I |
Mutakkil-Nusku,inscribedmmu-ta/tak-kil-dPA.KU,"he whomNuskuendows with confidence, "was king ofAssyriabrieflyc.1132 BC, during a period of political decline. He reigned sufficiently long to be the recipient of a letter or letters from theBabylonianking, presumed to beNinurta-nādin-šumi,in which he was lambasted and derided.
Biography[edit]
He was a younger son of the long-reigning king,Aššur-dān I(c. 1179 to 1134 BC) and succeeded his brotherNinurta-tukultī-Aššur,whom he ousted in a coup and subsequently went on to fight in a civil war that seems to have pitched the Assyrian heartland against its provinces. He appears on theKhorsabad Kinglist[i 1]which relates that “Mutakkil-Nusku, his (Ninurta-tukultī-Aššur’s) brother, fought against him. He drove him toKarduniaš(Babylonia).” Contemporary evidence suggests that Ninurta-tukultī-Aššur sought sanctuary in the border town of Sišil, where Mutakkil-Nusku’s forces engaged him in battle, the outcome of which is lost.[2]
The fragments of one or perhaps two Middle Assyrian letters exist,[i 2]from an unnamed Babylonian king, possibly Ninurta-nādin-šumi, to Mutakkil-Nusku, where he is told that "You should act according to your heart (ki libbika).” The text lambastes him for failing to keep an appointment, or a challenge, in Zaqqa and seems to confirm that Ninurta-tukultī-Aššur had reached exile in Babylonia.[3]
His victory was short-lived asṭuppišu Mutakkil-Nusku kussâ ukta'ilKUR-a e-mid,“(he) held the throne forṭuppišu(his tablet), then died,” perhaps his inaugural year and part way into his first year only.[4]One interpretation suggests this was while his father still nominally ruled.[5]Apart from a brief economic text concerning 100 sheep of Mutakkil-Nusku, without a royal title, and his appearance in the genealogies of his descendants such as one of his sons,Aššur-rēša-iši I,[3]there are no other extant inscriptions.[5]
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.
- ^Jaume Llop, A. R. George (2001). "Die babylonisch-assyrischen Beziehungen und die innere Lage Assyriens in der Zeit der Auseinandersetzung zwischen Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur und Mutakkil-Nusku nach neuen keilschriftlichen Quellen".Archiv für Orientforschung.48–49: 1–20.
- ^abA. K. Grayson (1972).Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume 1.Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 144–146, 149–152.
- ^Heather D. Baker (2010). "The meaning of ṭuppi".104(1). Revue d'Assyriologie: 131–162.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^abJ. A. Brinkman (1999). "Mutakkil-Nusku". In D. O. Edzard (ed.).Reallexikon Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Meek – Mythologie.Walter De Gruyter. p. 500.