Ashur-rabi I
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1472–1453 BC[lower-alpha 1]
PredecessorAshur-shaduni
SuccessorAshur-nadin-ahhe I
IssueAshur-nadin-ahhe I, Enlil-nasir II
FatherEnlil-nasir I

Ashur-rabi I was a king of Assyria in the 15th century BC. The son of the former king Enlil-nasir I, he seized the throne after a successful coup against Ashur-shaduni, who had been the king for only one month.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ The length of Ashur-rabi I's reign is broken off in all known copies of the Assyrian King List and it is impossible to calculate how long it lasted.[1] The dates used here are speculative approximations by Düring (2020).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hunger, Hermann (2009). "How uncertain is Mesopotamian chronology?". In Warburton, David A. (ed.). Time's Up! Dating the Minoan Eruption of Santorini. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens. Athens: The Danish Institute at Athens. ISBN 978-8779346529.
  2. ↑ Düring, Bleda S. (2020). The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-1108778701.
  3. ↑ Who's Who in the Ancient Near East, by Gwendolyn Leick


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