Aššur-rabi II.

Aššur-rabi II. ( Ashur-rabi ) was king of the Assyrian Empire and ruled 1012 BC. BC to 972 BC He was one of the longest reigning Assyrian kings ever.

Aššur-rabi II was a younger son of King Aššur-nâṣir-apli I and succeeded his nephew Aššur-nirari IV on the throne, possibly by overthrowing him. In view of the inadequate sources, little is known about his rule. The epoch is considered to be the dark age of Assyria. An inscription by King Sulmanu-ašared III. According to Aššur-rabi II lost the cities of Mutkinu east of the Euphrates and Pitru on the Sagur to the Arameans . In addition, during his reign they managed to acquire extensive land in the Euphrates region at the expense of the Assyrian Empire.

He is called Aššur-rabi II as the builder of Bit-nathi , part of the Ištar temple of Nineveh , and as a contemporary of Širikti-Šuqamuna from the Bazi dynasty (ruled 983 BC).

His successor was his son Aššur-reš-iši II.

literature

René Labat: Assyria and its neighboring countries (Babylonia, Elam, Iran) from 1000 to 617 BC BC / The New Babylonian Empire until 539 BC Chr . In: Elena Cassin , Jean Bottéro , Jean Vercoutter (eds.): Die Altorientalischen Reiche III. The first half of the 1st millennium (= Fischer Weltgeschichte . Volume 4). Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1967, p. 9.
Karen Radner (ed.): The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Vol. 1, Part 1, The Neo-assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1998, p. 209.
Trevor Rice: Eastern Mediterranean late Bronze Age Chronology.
Ernst Friedrich Weidner : Aššurrabi II. In: Erich Ebeling , Bruno Meissner (Hg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Vol. 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1928, p. 222.

predecessor	Office	successor
Aššur-nirari IV.	Assyrian king	Aššur-reš-iši II.

personal data
SURNAME	Aššur-rabi II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Assyrian king
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	972 BC Chr.