Puzur-Aššur III. ( Puzur-Ashhur , Puzur-Assur ; Aššur is [my] protection ), son of Aššur-nirari I , was an Assyrian king, the 65th king according to the Assyrian king list . He ruled for 24 years (according to Version A of the King's List only 14). His name appears to be included in the synchronistic king list , but only traces have been preserved. He was at the same time with Burna-buriaš I , with whom he determined the course of the border with Karduniaš .
Puzur-Aššur led the title Viceroy of Aššur ( išši'ak Aššur ). Puzur-Aššur restored a room in the Ištar temple, which Ilu-šuma built and Šarru-kīn I ( Sargon I ) had restored, and which had become dilapidated again, as well as the step gate in the town of Aššur . A clay vessel from Aššur bears the inscription: [Property of] the palace of Puzur-Aššur.
literature
Albert Kirk Grayson : Assyrian Royal Inscriptions. Volume 1: From the Beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1972, ISBN 3-447-01382-6 ( Records of the ancient Near East 1).
