Adad-nirari II.

Adad-nirari II was king of the Assyrian Empire in the years 911–891 BC. Chr.

Adad-nirari II was the son and successor of King Aššur-dan II , under whom a development began that led to the formation of the so-called New Assyrian Empire under Adad-nirari II, which after a previous phase of weakness again acted aggressively and gained territories . Adad-nirari undertook several campaigns, for which he had supply depots set up. Inscriptions tell of victories against the Arameans and of clashes with Nabû-šuma-ukīn I , the king of Babylon , with whom he finally agreed on a peace treaty. Adad-nirari married his daughter and gave him his own daughter as a wife.

Adad-nirari reports on a foundation plate from Nineveh (BM 12104) of his victories against Urartri : “ Heroic warrior who, with the help of his lord Assur, went from the other bank of the lower Zab to Lulume , Habhi , Zamua , and to the beginning of the land of Namri and who subjugated the vast Qumani as far as Mehri, Salua and Urarti. “The rest of the text is sketchy, but it mentions the usual sacrifices the king made and other conquests.

Adad-nirari's successor was his son Tukulti-Ninurta II.

literature

• Dietz-Otto Edzard : History of Mesopotamia . CHBeck Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51664-5 .
• AK Grayson: Assyria: Ashur ‐ dan II to Ashur ‐ nirari V (934–745 BC). In: John Boardman et al. a. (Ed.): The Cambridge Ancient History . 2nd Edition. Volume 3.1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1982, pp. 238-281, here pp. 249-251.

Remarks

1. ↑ On the campaigns cf. AK Grayson: Assyria: Ashur ‐ dan II to Ashur ‐ nirari V (934–745 BC). In: John Boardman et al. a. (Ed.): The Cambridge Ancient History. 2nd Edition. Volume 3.1. Cambridge 1982, here p. 250f.
2. ^ AR Millard: Fragments of Historical Texts from Nineveh: Middle Assyrian and Later Kings. In: Iraq 32/2, 1970, p. 167ff., Here p. 170.

predecessor	Office	successor
Aššur-dan II.	Assyrian King 911–891 BC Chr.	Tukultī-Ninurta II.