Tukulti-Ninurta II.
Tukultī-Ninurta II ruled as the Assyrian king from around 890 to 884 BC. The name means My Trust is Ninurta .
Tukultī-Ninurta was the son and successor of King Adad-nirari II. He conquered some Aramaic small states near Harran , the middle Euphrates valley and the area between the great Zab and the small Zab when he proceeded against Nairi . Tukultī-Ninurta also led campaigns against the ʾItū and made rich booty, but could not finally subjugate them. Compared to its two predecessors, however, it was less active externally, but concentrated military actions primarily on previously conquered areas, which should serve as an Assyrian demonstration of power.
His successor was his son Aššur-nâṣir-apli 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. 251-253.
- Hartmut Kühne : On the reconstruction of the campaigns Adad-nīrāri II., Tukultī-Ninurta II. And Aššurnaṣirpal II. In the Ḫābūr area . In: Baghdader Mitteilungen 11, 1980, pp. 44-70.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Adad-nirari II. |
Assyrian king 890–884 BC Chr. |
Aššur-nâṣir-apli II. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tukulti-Ninurta II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tukultī-Ninurta II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Assyrian king |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 884 BC Chr. |