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    of Adad-šuma-uṣur A late copy of an inscription on a bronze statue from Ur, begins “When Anu and Enlil looked with steady favour on Adad-šuma-uṣur, the...
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    someone with the name of Adad-šuma-iddina as the unwelcome recipient of a widow’s legacy: Damqat-Tašmetu, daughter of Sin-šuma-usur, wife of Sigelda, son...
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  • Babylonian contemporary with Adad-šuma-uṣur, his eventual nemesis. In the Synchronistic History, the battle between him and Adad-šuma-uṣur is given as a pretext...
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  • Ninurta. His reign overlaps the reigns of his Babylonian contemporaries Adad-šuma-uṣur and Meli-Šipak. There is some dispute as to how long he reigned, based...
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    son of Adad-šuma-uṣur, his predecessor, on a kudurru. Elsewhere he seemed reluctant to name him in his royal inscriptions, despite Adad-šuma-uṣur’s apparent...
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  • with a fragmentary epic of the Kassite period, that of Adad-šuma-uṣur and of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur I and Marduk. The chronicle traditional is first attested...
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  • the Kouyunjik Collections in the British Museum and is addressed by Adad-šuma-uṣur, king of Babylon, to two rulers, Aššur-nerari III and Ilī-padâ, who...
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    judgments made in three successive reigns of the kings, Adad-šuma-iddina (c. 1222–1217 BC), Adad-šuma-uṣur (c. 1216–1187 BC) and Meli-Šipak (c. 1186–1172 BC)...
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    was named crown prince is not clear. Marduk-shum-usur (Akkadian: Marduk-šum-uṣur or Marduk-šuma-uṣur) – named as a "royal prince" in documents from Nebuchadnezzar's...
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    entirely, listing Šamaš-šuma-ukin as the direct successor of Esarhaddon, and Kandalanu as the direct successor of Šamaš-šuma-ukin. Ashurbanipal is again...
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    Chronicle Concerning the Reign of Šamaš-šuma-ukin as the brother of Širikti-šuqamuna probably in place of Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur I. He succeeded his father, Ninurta-nādin-šumi...
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    (𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦 Sîn-šar-iškun), who ruled as king 627–612, Ninurta-sharru-usur (Ninurta-šarru-uṣur), who played no political role Libbali-sharrat was presumably the...
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    Originally it was assumed that the list was first written in the time of Shamshi-Adad I c. 1800 BC but it now is considered to date from much later, probably from...
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    Broken kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina Adad-bēl-kala kudurru confirming a gift by the earlier king Adad-šuma-uṣur Fragmentary kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina...
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    and final generation of Nabû-šuma-ukin I's family to reign. He was contemporary with his father's former ally, Šamši-Adad V of Assyria, who may have been...
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    Nebuchadnezzar III (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", Old Persian: Nabukudracara), alternatively spelled Nebuchadrezzar...
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    against the Kassite monarchs Enlil-nādin-šumi and Adad-šuma-iddina, kings recorded as preceding Adad-šuma-uṣur on the Babylonian king list The text is insufficiently...
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    Angered by this decision, Arda-Mulissu and another brother, Nabû-šarru-uṣur, murdered their father in 681 and planned to seize the Neo-Assyrian throne...
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  • Enlil-zākir-šumi (during the reign of Adad-šuma-iddina, 1222–1217 BC) Enlil-šuma-imbī, son of Daian-Marduk (during the reign of Adad-šuma-uṣur, 1216–1187 BC) The officials...
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  • Together with Aššur-nīrāri III, he was the recipient of Kassite king Adad-šuma-uṣur’s derogatory letter, where he is addressed alongside his superior under...
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    end. Following the end of the Assyrian subjugation and puppet-regime, Adad-suma-usur, a descendant of the previous Kassite ruler Kashtiliashu IV regained...
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    penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient...
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    men, noblemen, officers?) rebelled and installed Kaštiliašu's son, Adad-šuma-ušur, on the throne. Kashtiliash is a significant character in S. M. Stirling's...
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    1216 BC. Babylon did not begin to recover until late in the reign of Adad-shuma-usur (1216–1189 BC), as he too remained a vassal of Assyria until 1193 BC...
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    festival connected to Marduk. Another text claims the late Kassite king Adad-shuma-usur embarked on a pilgrimage from Babylon to Borsippa and Kutha, Marduk...
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  • Neo-Assyrian ruler Ashurbanipal state that in 651 BC Šamaš-šuma-ukin captured Cuthah. Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the son of the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon and...
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    died and was succeeded by Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur I - event not preserved (next king is omitted) Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur - event not preserved Nabû-mukin-apli -...
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  • fortresses of Karduniaš, I added to Assyria. — Adad-Nārāri II, Annals, dated to the eponym year of Ili-napishti-uṣur, eunuch of the king The fortresses were...
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    Shagarakti-Shuriash Kashtiliash IV Enlil-nadin-shumi Kadashman-Harbe II Adad-shuma-iddina Adad-shuma-usur Meli-Shipak Marduk-apla-iddina I Zababa-shuma-iddin Enlil-nadin-ahi...
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    least one more daughter of Nabonidus, though her name is not known. Nabû-šuma-ukin was the son of a man named Širikti-Marduk and belonged to the prominent...
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