Eriba-Adad II
Eriba-Adad II | |
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King of Assyria | |
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire | |
Reign | 1056–1054 BC |
Predecessor | Ashur-bel-kala |
Successor | Shamshi-Adad IV |
Father | Ashur-bel-kala |
Mother | Babylonian princess, daughter of Adad-apla-iddina (?)[1] |
Erība-Adad II, inscribed mSU-dIM, “Adad has replaced,” was the king of Assyria 1056/55–1054 BC, the 94th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist.[i 1][i 2] He was the son of Aššur-bēl-kala whom he briefly succeeded and was deposed by his uncle Šamši-Adad IV.[2]
Biography
The Khorsabad kinglist
He was one of the restorers of the é.ḫur.sağ.kur.kur.ra, “House, Mountain of the Lands,” or the
An Aššur monumental stele (number 27) from the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," has been attributed to him and is inscribed laconically: "Erība-adad, king of the universe".[7]
Inscriptions
- ^ SDAS Kinglist, iii 31.
- ^ Nassouhi Kinglist, iv 12.
- ^ Khorsabad Kinglist, iii 45,
- ^ Clay cone fragment from Nineveh BM 123467, 6 lines.
- ^ Part of a clay tablet Rm-II.261 (RIMA 2 A.0.90.1), 7.
- ^ Eponym List VAT 11254, (KAV 21).
- ^ K.2693 Part of a clay tablet, with holes, 13 + 5 lines (RIMA 2 A.0.90.1).
- ^ Literary text, BM 98941.
References
- ^ Brinkman, J.A. (1968). Political history of Post-Kassite Babylonia (1158-722 b. C.) (A). Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 142.
- ^ P. Talon (1999). K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part II: A. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 400.
- ^ D. J. Wiseman (1975). "XXXI: Assyria & Babylonia 1200–1000 BC". In I. E. S. Edwards; C. J. Gadd; N. G. L. Hammond; S. Solberger (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume II, Part 2, History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region, 1380–1000 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 469.
- ^ A. R. George (2003). House Most High: The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia. Eisenbrauns. pp. 101–102.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1968). A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158–722 B.C. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. p. 144.
- ^ Jean-Jacques Glassner (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. SBL. pp. 142–143.
- S2CID 163992410.
Further reading
- Albert Kirk Grayson (1991). Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC). University of Toronto Press.