Aššur-nērārī II, inscribed ^m''aš-šur-''ERIM.GABA (=DÁḪ), "(the god)

Aššur Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal' ...

is my help," was the king of

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...

, 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

was a vassal state of the

Mitanni Mitanni (; Hittite cuneiform ; ''Mittani'' '), c. 1550–1260 BC, earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, c. 1600 BC; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat (''Hanikalbat'', ''Khanigalbat'', cuneiform ') in Assyrian records, or '' Naharin'' ...

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 textKAJ 174. from Aššur is dated to the “ Eponym of Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, son of Aššur-nērārī, supreme judge” and anotherKAJ 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashur-nirari 02 15th-century BC Assyrian kings