Adad-nirari I

Adad-nirari I
King of Assyria
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire
Reign31 regnal years
1305-1274 BC (MC)[1]
1295-1263 BC (SC)
PredecessorArik-den-ili
SuccessorShalmaneser I
IssueShalmaneser I, Ibashi-ili
FatherArik-den-ili

Adad-nārārī I, rendered in all but two inscriptions ideographically as mdadad-ZAB+DAḪ, meaning "Adad (is) my helper,"[2] (1305–1274 BC or 1295–1263 BC short chronology) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. He is the earliest Assyrian king whose annals survive in any detail. Adad-nārārī I achieved major military victories that further strengthened Assyria. In his inscriptions from Assur[3] he calls himself son of Arik-den-ili, the same filiations being recorded in the Nassouhi kinglist.[i 1] He is recorded as a son of Enlil-nirari in the Khorsabad kinglist[i 2] and the SDAS kinglist,[i 3] probably in error.

  1. ^ Chen, Fei (2020). "Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings". Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004430914.
  2. ^ Dietz Otto Edzard (1999). Reallexikon Der Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: A - Bepaste. Walter De Gruyter Inc. p. 29.
  3. ^ A. K. Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume 1. Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 57–79.


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