Ashur-shaduni

Ashur-shaduni
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1473 BC[1]
PredecessorNur-ili
SuccessorAshur-rabi I
FatherNur-ili

Aššur-šaddûni or -šaduni,[2] inscribed maš-šur-KUR-ú-ni[i 1] or [maš-šur-K]UR-u-ni[i 2] and meaning “(the god) Aššur (is) our mountain,”[3] was the ruler of Assyria for just "one complete month"[4] (1 UTU UD.MEŠ-te[5]) during the 15th century BC, the 64th to appear on the Assyrian King List. He succeeded his father, Nur-ili, but was ousted in a coup by his uncle, Aššur-rabi I.

  1. ^ Düring, Bleda S. (2020). The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-1108778701.
  2. ^ šadû q CAD š 1 p. 58.
  3. ^ E. Frahm (1998). K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 215.
  4. ^ A. K. Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume 1. Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 37–38.
  5. ^ I. J. Gelb (1954). "Two Assyrian King Lists". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 13 (4): 212, 226. doi:10.1086/371224. S2CID 161512733.


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