Aššur-nirari V.

Aššur-nirari V. (also Ashhur-nirari, Assur-nirari ) was king of the Assyrian Empire in the years around 753–746 BC. (Alternative dating: 755–745 BC).

Aššur-nirari V. was the third son of Adad-nīrārī III. and followed his brother Aššur-dan III. on the throne. The royal rule in Assyria was limited at this time by the influence of powerful nobles such as Šamši-ilu , the commander-in-chief of the army ( rab ummani rapši ). Usually the Assyrian king himself went to war at the head of his troops every year; the Assyrian chronicles report that Aššur-nirari was 753–750 BC. "Stayed in the country", which is an indication of his weakened position of power. Presumably, Aššur-nirari V. had after the uprising 763–758 BC. First restore order in the country. A contract with the small kingdom of Bit Agusi and its king Mati-ilu from the year 754, which allegedly came about through a campaign, is more likely to be based on diplomatic contacts than on a war. However, it can be seen from the surviving part that it turned out to be very advantageous for Assur and was directed against Urartu . Only in the fourth and fifth years of his rule Aššur-nirari V led campaigns against the land of Namri in the Zagros region .

On the stele of Surb Pogos in Van , Sarduri II of Urarṯu reports his victory over Aššur-nirari: "He [the god Ḫaldi ] subjugated Aššur-nirari, son of Adad-nirari, king of the country of Assyria. He threw him at the feet of Sarduri . " This proves a clash with Urarṯu around or shortly after 754, the victory itself should be more Urarṭean wishful thinking.

Towards the end of his reign, there is said to have been a rebellion in the capital Kalḫu , which is possibly the cause of death Aššur-niraris. However, it is not entirely clear whether his successor Tiglat-Pileser III. has to be considered a usurper or was a relative (brother or son) who, for example, put down the uprising.

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. 50 f ..
Karen Radner (ed.): The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Vol. 1, Part 1, The Neo-assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1998, p. 208.
Franz Heinrich Weißbach : Aššurnirâri VI. (sic!) In: Erich Ebeling , Bruno Meissner (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Vol. 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1928, p. 221.

Individual evidence

^ M. Salvini: The historical Geography of the Sevan Region in the Urartian period. In: Raffaele Biscione, Simon Hmayakyan, Neda Parmegiani (eds.): The North-Eastern frontier Urartians and non-Urartians in the Sevan Lake basin. CNR, Istituto di studi sulle civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, Rome 2002, 37 47

predecessor	Office	successor
Aššur-dan III.	Assyrian king 755–745 BC Chr.	Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III. (Tiglat-Pileser III.)

personal data
SURNAME	Aššur-nirari V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Assyria
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	746 BC Chr.

[1] M. Salvini: The historical Geography of the Sevan Region in the Urartian period. In: Raffaele Biscione, Simon Hmayakyan, Neda Parmegiani (eds.): The North-Eastern frontier Urartians and non-Urartians in the Sevan Lake basin. CNR, Istituto di studi sulle civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, Rome 2002, 37 47