Yazkur-el () was according to the ''
Assyrian King List
The king of Assyria (Akkadian language, Akkadian: , later ) 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 early history, Assyria was ...
'' (AKL) the 24th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's
early period. Yazkur-el is listed within a section of the AKL as the eighth out of the ten, "''kings whose fathers are known''." This section (which in contrast to the rest of the list) had been written in reverse order—beginning with ''Aminu'' and ending with ''
Apiashal
Apiashal () 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 seventeen kings, tent dwellers''. ...
'' “''altogether ten kings who are ancestors''
”—and has often been interpreted as the list of ancestors of the
Amorite
The Amorites () were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant. Initially appearing in Sumerian records c. 2500 BC, they expanded and ruled most of the Levant, Mesopotamia and parts of Egypt from the 21st century BC ...
''
Šamši-Adad I'' (''
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
'' ''c.'' 1809 BCE)
who had conquered the city-state of ''
Aššur
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 Mid ...
''.
The AKL also states that ''Yazkur-el'' had been both the son and successor of ''
Yakmeni''. Additionally, the AKL states that ''Yazkur-el'' had been both the predecessor and father of ''
Ila-kabkabu The Amorite name Ila-kabkabu appears twice in the Assyrian King List:
* Ila-kabkabu () appears within the Assyrian King List among the “kings whose fathers are known” (alongside both: Ila-kabkabu's father and predecessor, Yazkur-el; Ila-kabkabu ...
''.
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 Assyrian period, Early period preceding the Old ...
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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 ...
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List of Assyrian kings
The king of Assyria (Akkadian language, Akkadian: , later ) 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 early history, Assyria was ...
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Assyrian continuity
Assyrian continuity is the study of continuity between the modern Assyrian people, a recognised Semitic indigenous ethnic, religious, and linguistic minority in Western Asia (particularly in Iraq, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, northwest ...
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Assyrian people
Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group Indigenous peoples, indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians Assyrian continuity, share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesop ...
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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 ...
References
22nd-century BC Assyrian kings
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