List of Kings of Assyria

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

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LIST OF KINGS OF ASSYRIA

Sargon asserts that he was preceded by 330 Assyrian kings.

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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.
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.