Adad-šuma-uṣur

This article deals with the Kassite king Adad-šuma-uṣur; for the Neo-Assyrian scholar of the same name see Adad-šuma-uṣur (scribe)

Adad-šuma-uṣur ( ^d IM-MU-ŠEŠ or ^md IM-MU-ŠEŠ, Saporetti suggests reading Adad-mušaṣṣir) was the 32nd king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon (King List A), the son of Kaštiliaš IV. He ruled for 30 years (King List A).

title

He carried the title:

• LU.GAL ŠÁR on a dagger from Luristan
• Šakkanakku (economic text)

government

Adad-šuma-uṣur came to the throne through a revolution against Adad-šuma-iddina (Chronicle P). After that, after the seven-year rule of Adad-šuma-iddina over Karduniaš, the rulers of Babylon rose up against him and put Adad-šuma-u seinesur on his father's throne. His successor was his son Meli-Sipak (who never mentions his father in his inscriptions). Adad-šuma-uṣur is at the same time as the Assyrian kings Enlil-kudurrī-uṣur (who may have suffered a defeat against him) and Ninurta-apal-ekur ( Synchronistic King List ). A letter from Adad-šuma-uṣur to Aššur-nirari III. and his sukallu rabi'u Ilī-padâ is preserved in a New Assyrian copy. In it he accuses the kings of laziness and drunkenness. Relations with Aššur were probably not the best, the surprisingly aggressive tone suggests a period of weakness in the northern neighbor.

In a letter in Berlin, the Elamite ruler Šutruk-Naḫḫunte complains that Adad-šuma-uṣur, "who comes from the banks of the Euphrates," is sitting on the throne instead of himself.

buildings

A Sumerian building inscription from Nippur (with several copies) reports on construction work by Adad-šuma-uṣur on the É.KUR .

literature

• JA Brinkman: Materials and Studies for Kassite History . Vol. I, Chicago 1976.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ C. Saporetti: Gli Eponimi medio-assiri. Malibu 1979 (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica)

predecessor	Office	successor
Adad-šuma-iddina	King of Babylon	Meli-Sipak