Nergal-ereš

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Nergal-ēreš (always d IGI.DU, reading not completely certain, also Palil-ēreš) was from at least 803 to 775 BC. An Assyrian governor ( limu ) in western and southwestern Assyria under Adad-nīrārī III. and Shalmaneser IV. He was first governor of Raṣappa , then of Sirqu, Laqe , Hindanu (from 797 BC, royal stele of Saba'a), Anat and Suhi (both after 797 BC).

He erected both the Tell al-Rimah and the Schech Hamad stele, which was found by Hormuzd Rassam in 1879 and is now in the British Museum . Another fragment found its way into the art trade, the whereabouts of which is unknown, the abbreviated form of the campaigns of Adad-nīrārī III. in the west, and especially the defeat of Damascus , in which Nergal-ēreš probably played a major role. Tadmor considers him the "strong man" in the time of the young Adad-nirari III.

His seal has been handed down; in contrast to other governor's seals of that time, it only contains characters.

His eunuchs were Išme-ilu (God has heard), who is known from a seal imprint from the lower town of Dur-Katlimmu (SH 03/5953/0208) and Aššur-belu-uṣur, also attested by a seal. The seal of Išme-ilu shows a lion kite.

literature

  • J. Börker-Klähn: Ancient Near Eastern picture steles and comparable rock reliefs. In: Baghdad Research. Volume 4, Mainz 1982, No. 163.
  • H. Genge: Steles of Neo-Assyrian Kings, Part I, Die Cuneiform Inscriptions (Dissertation Freiburg im Breisgau 1965), 14; 117-118.
  • AK Grayson: Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC). In: Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Assyrian Periods. Volume 3, Toronto 1996, A.0.104.6: 24
  • MP Streck: Nergal-ereš. In: RlA. Volume 9, Berlin 1998-2001, p. 228.
  • Hayim Tadmor: The historical inscriptions of Adad-Nirari III. In: Iraq. Volume 35/2, 1973, pp. 141-150.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Kühne and Karen Radner: The seal of Išme-ilu, eunuch of Nergal-ēreš from Dur-Katlimmu. In: Journal of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology. Volume 98/1, p. 33
  2. ↑ Hayim Tadmor: The Historical Inscriptions of Adad-Nirari III. In: Iraq. Volume 35/2, 1973, p. 147
  3. ↑ K. Watanabe: Neo-Assyrian sealing legends. In: Orient. Volume 29, 1993, No. 5.1
  4. ↑ Hartmut Kühne and Karen Radner: The seal of Išme-ilu, eunuch of Nergal-ēreš from Dur-Katlimmu. In: Journal of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology. Volume 98/1, pp. 26-44
  5. ↑ K. Watanabe: Neo-Assyrian sealing legends. In: Orient. Volume 29, 1993, No. 6.1
personal data
SURNAME Nergal-ereš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nergal-ēreš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Assyrian governor in western and southwestern Assyria
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 8th century BC Chr.