Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur | |
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King of Assyria | |
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire | |
Reign | c. 1132 BC[1] |
Predecessor | Ashur-dan I |
Successor | Mutakkil-nusku |
Father | Ashur-dan I |
Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur, inscribed mdNinurta2-tukul-ti-Aš-šur, was briefly king of Assyria c. 1132 BC, the 84th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist, marked as holding the throne for his ṭuppišu, "his tablet," a period thought to correspond just to the inauguration year. He succeeded his father, the long-reigning Aššur-dān I, but the throne was very quickly usurped by his brother, Mutakkil-Nusku, and he was driven from Assur and sought refuge in the city of Sišil, on the Babylonian border, the scene of the final dénouement.