Aššūr-reš-iši II, inscribed ^m''aš-šur-''SAG''-i-ši'', meaning "(the god) Aššur has lifted my head," 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 A ...

, 971–967 BC, the 96th to be listed on the ''Assyrian Kinglist''.''Khorsabad Kinglist'', tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54), iv 10, 12.''Nassouhi Kinglist'', Istanbul A. 116 (Assur 8836), iv 25, 27. His short five-year reign is rather poorly attested and somewhat overshadowed by the lengthy reigns of his predecessor, Aššur-rabi II, and successor, Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II.

Biography

He succeeded his father, Aššur-rabi II, who had a long 41-year reign. He was probably fairly elderly when the accession took place. He is given in the ''Synchronistic Kinglist''''Synchronistic Kinglist'', tablet Ass 14616c (KAV 216), iii 8. as the counterpart of the

Babylonia Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c ...

n king Mâr-bîti-apla-uṣur (983-978 BC), the sole member of the 7th or ''Elamite'' dynasty of

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

, although conventional chronology would suggest the subsequent king, Nabû-mukin-apli (978–943 BC), might be a more likely candidate. The part of the

eponym An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...

list CcEponym List KAV 21, tablet VAT 11254, v. which would have displayed his

limmu : Limmu was an Assyrian eponym. At the beginning of the reign of an Assyrian king, the limmu, an appointed royal official, would preside over the New Year festival at the capital. Each year a new limmu would be chosen. Although picked by lot, th ...

officials, was at the top of column V, and is

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. Apart from the references to him in later copies of the ''Assyrian Kinglists'' and in the filiation of his grandson, Aššur-dān II, the only contemporary inscriptions referring to him are from his steleStele RIMA 2 A.0.96.1 :2. at the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," in Aššur and in the cylinder inscriptionCylinder inscription of Bēl-ereš, RIMA 2 A.0.96.2001:16. of Bēl-ereš. His stele (number 12) is simply inscribed "''ṣalam'' of Aššur-reš-iši, king of Assyria (MAN.KUR ''aš-šur''), son of �šur- bi, king of Assyria," where the term ''ṣalam'' is taken to mean "statue." Bēl-eriš, the ''šangû-''priest of the temple of the god

Samnuha Samnuha or Samanuha was the tutelary deity of Shadikanni (Šadikanni; modern Tell 'Ağağa) in the lower Habur area. It is generally accepted that he had Hurrian origin. It is assumed that Šamanminuḫi, a god known from a treaty of Shattiwaza, i ...

, in the city of Šadikanni, in the Ḫārbūr river valley region, commemorated his construction of a

quay A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths ( mooring locatio ...

-wall for a canal 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.

Inscriptions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashur-resh-ishi II 10th-century BC Assyrian kings 967 BC deaths Year of birth unknown