Puzur-Ashur II (also transcribed as Puzur-Aššur II) was

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(Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of

Assur Aššur (; AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; ''Āšūr''; ''Aθur'', ''Āšūr''; ', ), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Midd ...

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1880 to 1873 BC. Puzur-Ashur II had been both the son and successor of Sargon I. Due to Sargon I's long reign, Puzur-Ashur II came to the throne at such a late age that one of his sons, named Ili-bani was a witness in a contract (and so already a grown man) eleven years before Puzur-Ashur II became ruler. Puzur-Ashur II was succeeded by his son Naram-Sin. The following is a list of the nine annually-elected "

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" ("eponym") officials from the year of accession of Puzur-Ashur II, the "''waklum''" ("overseer"), in the limmu of Ashur-iddin (son of Shuli) to Puzur-Ashur II's death in the limmu of Inaya (son of Amuraya.) BC dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-Ištar:C. Michel, ''Nouvelles données pour la chronologie du IIᵉ millénaire'', ''NABU'' 2002, Nr. 20, 17f. 1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
1879 BC Aššur-nada son of Puzur-Ana
1878 BC Kubia son of Karria
1877 BC Ili-dan son of Elali
1876 BC Ṣilulu son of Uku
1875 BC Aššur-nada son of Ili-binanni
1874 BC Ikuppi-Ištar son of Ikua
1873 BC Buzutaya son of Šuli
1872 BC Innaya son of Amuraya

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19th-century BC Assyrian kings 19th-century BC deaths Year of birth unknown {{MEast-royal-stub