Shu-ninua

Šu-ninua ( Schu-ninua , Su-ninua , also as Ši-ninua ) was the 54th Assyrian king, who lived from about 1567 to 1554 BC. BC ( ultra-short chronology ) reigned. The reigns of his successors Aššur-rabi I and Aššur-nadin-ahhe I are missing in all the surviving versions of the Assyrian king list . They can be reconstructed using the so-called distance information , but not all researchers consider this method to be reliable.

Šu-ninua succeeded Lullaja , who is referred to in the Assyrian list of kings as "the son of a nobody", that is, a man without royal ancestors, who are often usurpers. Šu-ninua was the son of Bazaia , king of Assyria. He ruled for 14 years, followed by his sons Šarma-Adad II and Erišum III. afterwards the son of the latter, Šamši-Adad II. After a period of unrest, Šu-ninua was able to establish a stable rulership structure again and establish its own dynasty, which included ten rulers and which only ended when Aššur-rabi I Aššur-šaduni who deposed the son of Nur-ili .

His name is unusual and, according to Reade, may mean “man from Nineveh ”. Perhaps he was a governor of Nineveh who succeeded in asserting himself as a third party in the power struggle between the Akkadian Aššur and Ekallatum , which was ruled by the Amorite dynasty Šamši-Adads . Perhaps he also succeeded in uniting rule over Aššur and Ekallatum (Gasche 1996, 52).

literature

• JA Brinkman, Or. 42, 1972, 318-319.
• H. Gasche et al .: Dating the fall of Babylon: A re-appraisal of second-Millennium chronology: A joint Ghent-Chicago-Harvard project. Mesopotamian history and environment, Series 2. Memoires 3 (Ghent and Chicago, 1998).
• I. Yellow, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 12, 218-219.
• Julian Reade: Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus origins. In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 60/1, 2001, 1-29.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Lullaja	Assyrian King 1567–1554 BC Chr.	Šarma-Adad II.