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Records of the Past, 2nd series, Vol. II, ed. by A. H. Sayce, [1888], at sacred-texts.com


p. 205

LIST OF KINGS OF ASSYRIA

Sargon asserts that he was preceded by 330 Assyrian kings.

________________________

High-Priests of the god Assur at Assur (Kaleh Sherghat):—

 

B.C.

Isme Dagon

cir. 1850

Samsi-Rimmon I his son

1820

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Igur-kapkapu

— 

Samsi-Rimmon II his son (builder of the temple of Assur)

— 

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Khallu

— 

Irisum his son

— 

 

 

Kings of Assyria:—

— 

Bel-kapkapu "the founder of the monarchy" 1

— 

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Ada’si

— 

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B.C.

Bel-Bani his son

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Assur-suma-esir

Uras-tuklat-Assuri his son (contemporary of Murgas-’Sipak of Babylonia)

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Erba-Rimmon

Assur-nadin-akhi his son

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Assur-bil-nisi-su (contemporary of Kara-indas of Babylonia)

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Buzur-Assur (contemporary of Burna-buryas of Babylonia).

cir. 1430

Assur-yuballidh 1

1400

Bel-nirari his son

1380

Pudilu his son

1360

Rimmon-nirari I his son (contemporary of Nazi-Urus of Babylonia)

1340

Shalmaneser I his son (the founder of Calah)

1320

Tiglath-Uras I his son 2

1300

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

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B.C.

Assur-narara

cir. 1250

Nebo-dân his son 1

1230

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Bel-kudurra-utsur

1210

Uras-pileser

1190

Assur-dan I his son 2

1170

Mutaggil-Nebo his son

1150

Assur-ris-isi his son 3

1130

Tiglath-pileser I his son 4

1150

Assur-bil-kala his son

1090

Samsi-Rimmon I his brother

1070

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Assur-rab-buri

.      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .

 

Tiglath-pileser II.

950

Assur-dân II his son

930

Rimmon-nirari II his son.

B.C. 911

Tiglath-Uras II his son

889

Assur-natsir-pal his son

883

Shalmaneser II his son

858

Assur-dain-pal his son (rebel king)

825

Samsi-Rimmon II his brother

823

Rimmon-nirari III his son

810

Shalmaneser III

781

Assur-dân III

771

Assur-nirari

753

Tiglath-pileser III Pulu (Pul, Poros) usurper

745

Shalmaneser IV Ululâ usurper

727

Sargon (? Jareb) usurper

722

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B.C.  

Sennacherib his son

705  

Esar-haddon I his son

681  

Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapallos) his son

668  

Assur-etil-ilani-yukinni his son 1

648 ?

Sin-sarra-iskun

?   

Esar-haddon II (Sarakos)

?   

Destruction of Nineveh

606  


Footnotes

205:1 In W. A. I. i. 35. 3. 24–26, we must read Bel-kapkapi sarru pani alik makhri qudmu sarruti sa ana tsulili-sa ultu ullâ Assur ibbû ’simasu, "Bel-kapkapu a former king who went before me, the founder of the monarchy, for whose protection Assur had from remote times proclaimed his destiny." There is no mention of a king Tsulili.

206:1 According to the "Synchronistic Tablet" Buzur-Assur was a contemporary of Burna-buryas of Babylonia, and since two of the royal correspondents of Amenophis IV Khu-en-Aten of Egypt, as we learn from the newly-discovered cuneiform tablets of Tel el-Amarna, were Assur-yuballidh of Assyria and Burna-buryas of Babylonia, it is probable that Assur-yuballidh was the successor of Buzur-Assur. According to the "Synchronistic Tablet" Assur-yuballidh's daughter Muballidhat-Serûa was the mother of Kara-Urus, king of Babylonia, who was murdered and succeeded by an usurper Nazi-bugas. Nazi-bugas himself had to make way for Kur-galzu "the younger," the son of Burna-buryas.

206:2 A seal belonging to Tiglath-Uras was carried to Babylon B.C. 1290 and recovered by Sennacherib 600 years later. Unfortunately we do not know whether the seal was carried away during the lifetime of Tiglath-Uras or after his death. In any case his date must be earlier than B.C. 1290.

207:1 These two kings were contemporaries of the Babylonian king Rimmon-suma-natsir, for whom cf. Records of the Past, new Ser., i. p. 16, no. 24.

207:2 A contemporary of the Babylonian king Zamama-nadin-sumi, Records, new Ser., i. p. 16, no. 27.

207:3 A contemporary of the Babylonian king Nebo-kudurra-utsur.

207:4 Defeated by Merodach-nadin-akhi. of Babylonia in B.C. 1106 according to Sennacherib; see Records, new Ser., i. p. 87.

208:1 He was still reigning over Babylonia in his 4th year.


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