• Aššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la (meaning "Aššur is lord of all"), was the king of Assyria in 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian...
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  • Eriba-Adad II (section Assur)
    BC, the 94th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was the son of Aššur-bēl-kala whom he briefly succeeded and was deposed by his uncle Šamši-Adad IV...
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    king Aššur-bēl-kala and his immediate predecessor(s) as the Synchronistic King List places him alongside both Tukultī-apil-Ešarra and Aššur-bēl-kala. He...
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  • contemporary of the Assyrian King Aššur-bêl-kala and his reign was a golden age for scholarship. The broken obelisk of Aššur-bêl-kala relates that the Assyrians...
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  • "came up from Karduniaš (i.e. Babylonia). He ousted Eriba-Adad, son of Aššur-bêl-kala, seized the throne and ruled for 4 years". The king of Babylon was Adad-apla-iddina...
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    Marcus. "The Hunt is on again! Tiglath-pileser I's and Aššur-bel-kala's nāḫirū-Sculptures in Assur, in: H.D. Baker/K. Kaniuth/A. Otto (eds.), Stories of...
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  • cuneiform script. Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒌑𒋾𒆷, romanized: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning...
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    the Synchronistic Kinglist he was a contemporary of the Assyrian king Aššur-bêl-kala where only the beginning of his name appears below that of his immediate...
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  • later king lists and in an eponym list. He was succeeded by his brother Aššur-bel-kala, then his nephew Eriba-Adad II, then his other brother Šamši-Adad IV...
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  • Obelisk” which is usually attributed to Aššur-bel-kala, which describes his campaign during the eponym year of Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu, thought to be in his fourth...
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    The king of Assyria (Akkadian: Iššiʾak Aššur, later šar māt Aššur) was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the...
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  • cuneiform script. Aššur-etil-ilāni, also spelled Ashur-etel-ilani and Ashuretillilani (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒉪𒅅𒀭𒈨𒌍, romanized: Aššur-etil-ilāni, meaning...
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    by Albert Kirk Grayson in 1991 reads: (Property of) the palace of Assur-bel-[kala, king of the universe, strong king, king of As]syria, son of Tiglath-pile-...
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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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  • Aššūr-bēl-nīšēšu, (Middle Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒀸𒋩𒂗𒌦𒈨𒌍𒋙, romanized: ᵐᵈaš-šur-EN-UN.MEŠ-šú,) and meaning “(the god) Aššur (is) lord of his people...
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    Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the...
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    catastrophic period of decline after the death of Tiglath-Pileser's son Ashur-bel-kala (r. 1073–1056 BC), which saw the loss of most of the empire's territories...
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  • the placing of the eponyms, the Assyrian dating system, of Etel-pi-Aššur and Aššur-bel-ilani are correct. The latter part of his reign was characterized...
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  • Ashur-dan III (redirect from Assur-dan III)
    Ashur-dan III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform:  Aššur-dān, meaning "Ashur is strong") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 773 BC to his death in 755...
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  • Aššur-nerari III, inscribed maš-šur-ERIM.GABA, “Aššur is my help,” was king of Assyria (1202–1197 BC or 1192–1187 BC). He was the grandson of Tukulti-Ninurta...
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  • early on in his reign. These early sons were likely Aššur-etil-ilāni and Sîn-šar-iškun. Aššur-etil-ilāni succeeded Ashurbanipal as king in 631 BC and...
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  • The earliest inscription known from Assur, preceding that of Azazu, was made by the Išši'ak Aššur (governor of Assur) Ititi, son of a man called Ininlaba...
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  • Ashur-dan I (redirect from Assur-dan I)
    official during whose reign his predecessor died, Aššur-dān (the king), Atamar-den-Aššur, Aššur-bel-lite, and Adad-mušabši. A harem edict or palace decree...
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  • Aššur-nērārī II, inscribed maš-šur-ERIM.GABA (=DÁḪ), "(the god) Aššur is my help," was the king of Assyria, the 68th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist...
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  • officials in the city's administration and normally used the style Išši'ak Aššur, which translates to "governor (on behalf) of (the god) Ashur", rather than...
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    transcribed as Šarru-kīn I and Sharru-ken I) was the king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") during the Old Assyrian period from c. 1920 BC to 1881 BC. On...
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  • Aššur-rabi II, inscribed maš-šur-RA-bi, "(the god) Aššur is great," was king of Assyria 1012–972 BC. Despite his lengthy reign (41 years), one of the longest...
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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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    during Aššur-rabi II’s reign, and the reconstruction of the temple during Aššūr-reš-iši’s, in his clay cylinder inscription recovered from Aššur. Khorsabad...
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    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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