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    limmu of Puzur-Ishtar: 1920 BC Irišum son of Iddin-Aššur 1919 BC Aššur-malik son of Agatum 1918 BC Aššur-malik son of Enania 1917 BC Ibisua son of Suen-nada...
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  • recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-Ištar: 1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli 1879 BC Aššur-nada son of Puzur-Ana 1878 BC Kubia son of Karria 1877 BC...
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  • the second stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of the city of Assur from its rise as an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I c. 2025 BC...
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    to [the governor] Aššur-iddin, son of Qibi-Aššur. This male is his gift; he [Aššur-iddin] will receive his gift, when he [Aššur-iddin] has treated her...
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    Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀭𒊹𒉽𒀸, also 𒀭𒊹𒉽𒋧𒈾 Aššur-aḫa-iddina, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: אֵסַר־חַדֹּן‎...
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    of Išuhum 1952 BC Šu-Ištar, son of Amaya 1951 BC Iddin-Aššur, son of the priest 1950 BC Puzur-Aššur, the ghee maker 1949 BC Quqadum, son of Buzu 1948...
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    Assyrian national deity Ashur. The Middle Assyrian Empire was founded through Assur, a city-state through most of the preceding Old Assyrian period, and the...
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  • BC Iddin-Suen son of Šalmah 1931 BC Ikunum son of Šudaya 1930 BC Dan-Wer son of Ahu-ahi 1929 BC Šu-Anum from Nerabtim 1928 BC Il-massu son of Aššur-ṭab...
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  • Aššur-iddin, and grandfather, Qibi-Aššur, as grand vizier, or sukkallu rabi’u, of Assyria and king of the dependant state of Ḫanigalbat. Qibi-Aššur may...
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  • Assyrian king Aššur-nīrāri III, c. 1203–1198 BC (short chronology). His family traced their descent from Eriba-Adad I. His father was Aššur-iddin and grandfather...
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    Shutruk-Nakhunte's father-in-law Meli-Shipak II, who lost the throne to Zababa-shuma-iddin, would have given enough justification to Shutruk-Nakhunte to attack Babylon...
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  • of Assur, Assyria's ancient religious capital, by the Sasanian Empire c. AD 240. There was no independent Assyrian state during this time, with Assur and...
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  • Ḫanigalbat, include a letter from Tukulti-Ninurta to his grand vizier, Aššur-iddin advising him of the approach of Šulman-mušabši escorting a Babylonian...
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  • followed by Ilu-shuma's other son, Ikunum. He titled himself "vice-regent of Assur, beloved of the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar." The Synchronistic King...
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    Ḫanigalbat, include a letter from Tukulti-Ninurta to his grand vizier, Aššur-iddin advising him of the approach of Šulman-mušabši escorting a Babylonian...
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    include Ile''e-bullutu-Aššur, Aššur-mukkaniš-ilija, Ana-Aššur-taklak, Aššur-bani-beli, Samaš-andullašu (or Samaš-salamšu) and Aššur-šakin-liti. The main...
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  • of these Assyrian kings: Shulmanu-asharedu I (fl. c. 1273 BC) and Aššur-ahu-iddin (fl. 681 BC). Ushpia is succeeded on the AKL by Apiashal. Arthur Ungnad...
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    Ashurbanipal (redirect from Assur-bani-pal)
    cuneiform script. Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the...
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    is known as mat Aššur (ki), "land of Assur," took its name from the ancient city of Aššur" in Sayce, Archibald Henry (1911). "Assur (city)" . In Chisholm...
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    traditions of Ur. One of the governors, Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, son of Ningal-iddin and contemporary of Ashurbanipal, apparently capitalized on a local economic...
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  • one of the kings of the kingdom of Khana bore a name invoking this deity, Iddin-Kakka. However, much like Annu and Admu, Kakka is virtually absent from...
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    History relates his entente cordiale with his contemporary, the Assyrian king Aššur-rēša-iši I, and subsequently the outcome of two military campaigns against...
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    fronts. One of these was where Assyrian forces under the leadership of Aššur-dan I annexed the region lying between the Lower Zab and the Adhaim, or...
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    Assyria gets its name from the ancient city of Assur, founded c. 2600 BC. During much of its early history, Assur was dominated by foreign states and polities...
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    the "waklum" (ugula, Overseer) or "Išši’ak Aššur" (énsi da-šùr, Steward of Ashur) of the city-state Assur, listed as the 37th king of Assyria on the later...
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    the highest estimate. The most historically notable example is Anu-aḫu-iddin, who was the governor of Uruk during the reign of Nabopolassar. The number...
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    comes from Susa and Tell Harmal, the Middle Assyrian version comes from Assur, and the Standard version is from Nineveh. Folklorist scholarship recognizes...
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    Puzur-Ashur I (c. 2025 BC) is thought to have been the first independent ruler of Assur following the city's independence from the collapsing Third Dynasty of Ur...
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    of Assur, the religious and ceremonial heart of Assyria, and in 612 BC the Medes and Babylonians assaulted Nineveh, Assyria's capital. As with Assur before...
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    tablets found, other scribes such as Nabu-ah-iddin, his pupil Nabu-rehtu-usur, Sum-tabni-usur, Mutaqqin-Assur, Nabu-sumu-iskun, and at least another 15 junior...
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