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Kings of Assyria

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This page lists the Kings of Assyria from earliest times. Synchronisms with absolute dates known from Babylonian chronology and the limmu lists, which give the names of eponymous officials for each year, provide good absolute dates for the years between 911 BC AND 649 BC.

The dates for the kings given below as reigning between 1420 BC and 1179 BC are particularly problematic, as the dating differs depending on which of the Assyrian King Lists is given precedence. The dating below for the kings of this period is based on Assyrian King Lists B and C, which give only three years to Ninurta-apal-Ekur, and the same to Ashur-nadin-apli. A traditional list based more on Assyrian King List A would give 14 years to Ninurta-apal-Ekur and 4 years to Ashur-nadin-apli. This version is followed by many sources, which thus give Ashur-uballit I as succeeding in 1366 BC and Shalmaneser I in 1275 BC.

Although the dates between 1179 BC and 912 BC are not as secure as the dates from 911 BC onwards, they are generally agreed upon by most Assyriologists. The dating for the end of the Assyrian period is unresolved, due to the lack of limmu lists after 649 BC. Some sources give Ashurbanipal only 38 years, having him die in 631 BC. Ashur-etil-ilani then reigns from 631 to 627, and Sin-shar-ishkun reigns thereafter down to 612 BC, when he is known to have died in the sack of Nineveh.

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[edit] Early Period

"The Kings who lived in tents"

  • Ikunum (?)
  • Tudiya (ca. 2500 BC)
  • Adamu
  • Yangi
  • Suhlamu
  • Harharu
  • Mandaru
  • Imsu
  • HAR-su
  • Didanu
  • Hana
  • Zuabu
  • Nuabu
  • Abazu
  • Belu
  • Azarah
  • Ushpia (ca. 2020 BC?)

"Kings who were forefathers" (listed in reverse order by the Assyrian King List)

  • Apiashal son of Ushpia
  • Hale son of Apiashal
  • Samani son of Hale
  • Hayani son of Samani
  • Ilu-Mer son of Hayani
  • Yakmesi son of Ilu-Mer
  • Yakmeni son of Yakmesi
  • Yazkur-el son of Yakmeni
  • Ila-kabkaba son of Yazkur-el
  • Aminu son of Ila-kabkaba

"Kings whose eponyms are destroyed(?)"

[edit] Old Assyrian Period

[edit] Middle Assyrian Period

[edit] Neo-Assyrian Period

End of the document known as Assyrian King List; the following kings reigned after the list had been composed.

In 612 BC, Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, fell to the Medes and Babylonians; supported by the Egyptians, an Assyrian general continued to rule for a few years from Harran as

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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