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Ashur-rim-nisheshu; Issi'ak Assur: King of Assur; Reign: c. 1408–1401 BC: Predecessor: Ashur-bel-nisheshu: Successor: Ashur-nadin-ahhe II
Ashur-rim-nisheshu, Eriba-Adad I. Father. Ashur-nirari II. Aššūr-bēl-nīšēšu, ( Middle Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒀸𒋩𒂗𒌦𒈨𒌍𒋙, romanized: ᵐᵈaš-šur-EN-UN.MEŠ-šú, [i 1] [i 2] [i 3]) and meaning “ (the god) Aššur (is) lord of his people,” [2] was the ruler of Assyria c. 1417–1409 BC or 1407–1398 BC ...
Apr 28, 2022 · Ashur-rim-nisheshu, King of Assyria: Birthdate: estimated between 1455 BCE and 1399 BCE : Death:-1391 Immediate Family: Son of Aššūr-bēl-nīšēšu, king of Assyria Brother of Eriba-Adad I, King of Assyria and Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, King of Assyria. Managed by: Flemming Allan Funch: Last Updated: April 28, 2022
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Origins of Assur
Agricultural villages in the region that would later become Assyria are known to have existed by the time of the Hassuna culture, c. 6300–5800 BC. The city of Assur was probably founded at some point in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900–2350 BC), or perhaps earlier,[a] though there is no evidence of the city being an independent state prior to the time of Puzur-Ashur I, who ruled c. 2025 BC. The earliest archaeological evidence known from Assur predates the Akkadian Empire by only a few cent...
Political history
During much of the early Assyrian period, Assur was dominated by states and polities from southern Mesopotamia. The city was occupied by the Akkadian Empire and then the Third Dynasty of Ur. Prior to this, Assur had also for a time been one of the many Mesopotamian cities under the loose hegemony of the Sumerian city of Kish.
Early names in the Assyrian King List
Though there is no evidence of independent Assyrian rule during the early period, the Assyrian King List, a much later document listing the sequence of Assyrian rulers, lists 29 kings prior to Puzur-Ashur, unverified by contemporary sources. At least portions of this sequence is likely entirely invented, as many of the names of the earliest rulers rhyme (suggesting an invented pattern), and the names do not match the names of known governors of Assur under the Akkadian and Neo-Sumerian empire...
There is very little surviving evidence of what type of settlement Assur was in the early period. Among the scant archaeological evidence recovered of early Assur are the remains of two temples built in mudbrick, both dedicated to the goddess Ishtar. Dubbed Ishtar H and G by modern researchers, the earlier one (H) has left almost no trace other tha...
Population and culture
It is impossible to confidently determine the ethnic composition of Assur's early population based only on material evidence but it is unlikely to have been homogenous. The population of Assur in the early period was likely mostly tribal and would probably have predominantly spoken a Semitic language, likely Akkadian from a relative early point in time. As suggested by the historical evidence concerning Baltil and Subartu, the site of Assur and the surrounding lands were probably originally i...
Religion
The earliest temples in Assur being devoted to Ishtar, combined with the number of nude female figurines found in the Ishtar H and G temples, suggests that Assur in the early period was preoccupied with a fertility cult. Ishtar was also a principal deity among the early Hurrian inhabitants of Nuzi, and in other cities in the vicinity. The fertility cult and devotion to Ishtar did not diminish with Assur's incorporation into the Akkadian Empire, as Ishtar was Akkad's patron deity and was thus...
king of Assyria. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Mesopotamia. In history of Mesopotamia: The rise of Assyria. …Babylonia about 1480, as did Ashur-bel-nisheshu about 1405. Ashur-nadin-ahhe II ( c. 1392– c. 1383) was even able to obtain support from Egypt, which sent him a consignment of gold. Read More.
Ashur-rim-nisheshu Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu, inscribed mdaš-šur-ÁG-UN.MEŠ-šu, meaning “(the god) Aššur loves his people,” was ruler of Assyria, or išši’ak Aššur, “vice-regent of Aššur,” written in Sumerian: PA.TE.SI (=ÉNSI), c. 1408–1401 BC or c. 1398–1391 BC (short chronology), the 70th to be listed on the ...
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Who is Ashur-rim-nisheshu? Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu, inscribed mdaš-šur-ÁG-UN.MEŠ-šu, meaning “ Aššur loves his people,” was ruler of Assyria, or išši’ak Aššur, “vice-regent of Aššur,” written in Sumerian: PA.TE.SI, ca. 1408–1401 BC or ca. 1398–1391 BC, the 70th to be listed on the Assyrian King List.
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