Ninurta-apal-Ekur

Ninurta-apal-Ekur
King of Assyria
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire
Reign13 regnal years
1191–1179 BC[1]
PredecessorEnlil-kudurri-usur
SuccessorAshur-dan I
FatherIlī-padâ

Ninurta-apal-Ekur, inscribed mdMAŠ-A-é-kur,[2] meaning “Ninurta is the heir of the Ekur,”[3] was a king of Assyria in the early 12th century BC who usurped the throne and styled himself king of the universe and priest of the gods Enlil and Ninurta.[4] His reign overlaps the reigns of his Babylonian contemporaries Adad-šuma-uṣur and Meli-Šipak.

  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. ^ Kyle R. Greenwood (2010). "A Historical and Contextual Reconstruction of KAH 2.76". Nouvelles Assyriologiques Bréves et Utilitaires (NABU) (2): 45.
  3. ^ A. K. Grayson (2001). Erich Ebeling; Bruno Meissner; Dietz Otto Edzard (eds.). .Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Nab – Nuzi. Walter De Gruyter Inc. p. 524.
  4. ^ A. K. Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume I. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 139–141.