Aššur-nērārī II, inscribed
m''aš-šur-''
ERIM.GABA (=
DÁḪ), "(the god)
Aššur is my help,"
was the king of
Assyria
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 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
, the 68th to appear on the ''Assyrian Kinglist'', ca. 1424–1418 BC or 1414–1408 BC depending on a later uncertainty in the chronology, at the tail end of the Old Assyrian period. The small city state of
Aššur was a vassal state of the
Mitanni
Mitanni (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, ; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or in Ancient Egypt, Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian language, Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria (region), Syria an ...
empire at this time and still recovering from their sacking of the city under
Šauštatar.
Biography
He was the son of
Enlil-nāṣir II, who had preceded him on the Assyrian throne. According to the ''Khorsabad Kinglist''
[''Khorsabad Kinglist'', tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54), iii 3.] he reigned for seven years, the corresponding columns on the ''Nassouhi'' and ''SDAS Kinglists'' are damaged at this point. A legal text
[KAJ 174.] from Aššur is dated to the “
Eponym
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Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...
of Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, son of Aššur-nērārī, supreme judge” and another
[KAJ 8.] gives the witness “Šamaš-kidinnu, son of Ibaši-ilu, son of Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, supreme judge.” The title and genealogy suggest Ber-nādin-aḫḫe may have been an otherwise unattested successor to Aššur-nērārī.
He was succeeded by his son,
Aššur-bēl-nišešu.
Inscriptions
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashur-nirari 02
15th-century BC Assyrian kings