Shalmaneser I
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| King of the Middle Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | c. 1273–1244 BC[1] |
| Predecessor | Adad-nirari I |
| Successor | Tukulti-Ninurta I |
| Issue | Tukulti-Ninurta I |
| Father | Adad-nirari I |
Shalmaneser I (𒁹𒀭𒁲𒈠𒉡𒊕 mdsál-ma-nu-SAG Salmanu-ašared;[2][3] 1273–1244 BC or 1265–1235 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king[4] in 1265 BC.
According to his annals, discovered at
blinded
14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings who was known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands rather than simply slaughtering them all.
He conquered the whole country from
.Limmu officials by year
Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from Freydank[5] and McIntyre.[6] The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.
- 1274: Adad-šumu-lešir son of Sin-ašared
- 1273: Šulmanu-ašared (king)
- 1272: Mušabšiu-Šibitti
- 1271: Ber-šumu-iddina
- 1270: Abi-ili son of Aššur-šumu-lešir
- 1269: Aššur-alik-pana
- 1268: Adad-Šamši son of Adad-šumu-lešir
- 1267: Kidin-Sin son of Adad-teya
- 1266: Šerriya (ordering from here onwards is essentially fixed)
- 1265: Aššur-kašid
- 1264: Aššur-mušabši son of Iddin-Mer
- 1263: Aššur-mušabši son of Anu-mušallim
- 1262: Qibi-Aššur son of Šamaš-aḫa-iddina
- 1261: Aššur-nadin-šume
- 1260: Mušallim-Aššur
- 1259: Qibi-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Marduk
- 1258: Ina-pi-Aššur-lišlim son of Bābu-aḫa-iddina
- 1257: Ber-šumu-lešir son of Ete-pi-Tašmete
- 1256: Aššur-dammiq son of Abi-ili
- 1255: Ber-bel-lite
- 1254: Ištar-eriš son of Šulmanu-qarrad
- 1253: Lullayu son of Adad-šumu-iddina
- 1252: Aššur-ketti-ide son of Abi-ili
- 1251: Ekaltayu
- 1250: Aššur-daʼissunu son of Ululayu
- 1249: Riš-Adad
- 1248: Nabu-bela-uṣur
- 1247: Usat-Marduk
- 1246: Ellil-ašared
- 1245: Ittabši-den-Aššur
- 1244: Ubru
Notes
- ISBN 978-9004430914.
- ^ ORACC Middle Assyrian Laws - Shalmaneser I
- ^ The name means: "[the god] Salmanu is preeminent"; Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq (Penguin, 3rd ed., 1992), p. 295.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sayce, Archibald Henry (1911). "Shalmaneser". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 798.
- ^ Helmut Freydank, AoF 3 (2005), 45-56.
- ^ Eponyms of Shalmaneser 1 – Summary
References
- Dönbaz, Veysel, and Grant, Frame (1983). "The building activities of Shalmaneser I in Northern Mesopotamia". Annual Review of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project 1 (1983): 1–5.
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