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Ushpia ( akk, 𒍑𒉿𒀀, Uš-pi-a) was according to the ''
Assyrian King List The king of Assyria ( Akkadian: ''Išši'ak Aššur'', later ''šar māt Aššur'') was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in the late 7th century BC. For much of its ea ...
'' (AKL) the 16th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period, though he is not attested in any known contemporary artefacts. The list places him as the second last within the section "kings who lived in tents”. According to the ''
Cambridge Ancient History ''The Cambridge Ancient History'' is a multi-volume work of ancient history from Prehistory to Late Antiquity, published by Cambridge University Press. The first series, consisting of 12 volumes, was planned in 1919 by Irish historian J. B. Bury ...
'', the conclusion of this section, "marked the end of the nomadic period of the Assyrian people."Hildegard Levy, "Assyria c. 2600-1816 B.C.",''Cambridge Ancient History. Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East'', 729-770, p. 745-746.) Ushpia is alleged to have founded the temple for 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' ...
within the city-state of
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' ...
, according to the much later inscriptions of both 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 Apiashal ( akk, 𒀀𒉿𒀀𒊩, A-pi-a-ŠAL) was according to the ''Assyrian King List'' (AKL) the 17th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He has been listed within the section of the ''AKL'' as the last of whom, "''altogether ...
. Arthur Ungnad interpreted both Ushpia's and
Kikkia Kikkia (sometimes given as Kikkiya), inscribed m''Ki-ik-ki-a'Khorsabad Kinglist'', i 23.''SDAS Kinglist'', i 22. was according to the ''Assyrian King List'' (AKL) the 28th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He is listed within a ...
's names as being that of the Hurrian language (as opposed to the Assyrian dialect of the Semitic
Akkadian language Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language th ...
), but;
Arno Poebel Arno Poebel (1881–1958) was a German Assyriologist. He studied theology and classical philology in Heidelberg, Marburg, Zürich and Jena. In 1905/6, he worked with Sumerian documents at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology an ...
was not convinced by this interpretation and more recent research no longer holds Ungnad's thesis as tenable.


See also

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Timeline of the Assyrian Empire The timeline of ancient Assyria can be broken down into three main eras: the Old Assyrian period, Middle Assyrian Empire, and Neo-Assyrian Empire. Modern scholars typically also recognize an Early period preceding the Old Assyrian period and a ...
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Early Period of Assyria The Early Assyrian period was the earliest stage of Assyrian history, preceding the Old Assyrian period and covering the history of the city of Assur, and its people and culture, prior to the foundation of Assyria as an independent city-state unde ...
* List of Assyrian kings *
Assyrian continuity Assyrian continuity is the theory of continuity between the modern Assyrian people, an indigenous ethnic minority in the Middle East, and the people of ancient Assyria. Assyrian continuity is a key part of the identity of the modern Assyrian pe ...
* Assyrian people *
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 ...


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