Aššur-dan I.

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Aššur-dān I. ("Aššur is mighty") was the son of Ninurta-apil-ekur and ruled for 61 years according to the Assyrian King List .

author Reign Remarks
Cassin 1966 1179-1134 middle chronology
Gasche et al. 1998 1177-1133 Ultra-short chronology
Freydank 1991 1168-1133

Around 1160 BC There was a battle against Zababa-šuma-iddina of Babylon . Aššur-dān conquered the cities of Zaban , Irriya , Ugarsallu and (others canceled) and brought rich booty to Assyria ( Synchronistic History II 9-12).

After the synchronistic list of kings reigned Ashur-dān simultaneously with the Kassite kings Marduk apla-iddina I. , Zababa-šum-iddina and Enlil-Nadin-ahi . His successor was Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur , who ruled only briefly.

His son was Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur . Muttakil-Nusku, his brother, fought with him and forced him to flee to Babylon while he himself remained on the throne (Chorsabad List iii 31-36).

buildings

Aššur-Dan built a canal in Aššur . After the broken obelisk , it fell dry for 30 years before another Assyrian king renewed it.

literature

  • Johannes Boese , Gernot Wilhelm : Assur-Dan I., Ninurta-Apil-Ekur and the Central Assyrian chronology. In: Viennese magazine for the customer of the Orient. 71, 1979, pp. 19-38.
  • John A. Brinkman : Mesopotamian Chronology of the Historical Period. In: AL Oppenheim: Ancient et al., Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. 2nd Edition. Chicago, London 1977, pp. 335-348.
  • Albert Kirk Grayson : Assyrian Royal inscriptions. Wiesbaden 1972.
  • Albert Kirk Grayson: Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millenia BC (to 1115 BC). Toronto, Buffalo, London 1987, pp. 305-308.
  • Albert Kirk Grayson: Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles. Winona Lake 2000.
  • Julian Reade: Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus Origins. In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 60/1, 2001, pp. 1-29.
  • Ernst F. Weidner : Fragments of Assyrian royal inscriptions. In: Archive for Orient Research. 22, 1968-1969, pp. 1976-1977.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Jaritz, The problem of the "Broken Obelisk", Journal of Semitic Studies 4/3, 1959, 206
predecessor Office successor
Ninurta-apil-ekur Assyrian king Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur
personal data
SURNAME Aššur-dan I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashhur-dan; Assur-dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Assyrian king
DATE OF BIRTH before 1178 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 1133 BC Chr.