Shamshi-Adad II or Šamši-Adad II, inscribed m(d)Šam-ši-dIM, was an Old Assyrian king who ruled in the mid-second millennium BC, c. 1585–1580 BC. His reign falls within the "dark age" period of Assyrian history from which written records are scarce.
There are no extant contemporary sources witnessing his reign. He was the son and successor of Erishum III and ruled for six years (6 MU.MEŠ) according to the Khorsabad[i 1] and the SDAS[i 2] copies of the Assyrian Kinglist, where he appears as the 57th name (the Nassouhi Kinglist[i 3] is poorly preserved in this part). He was succeeded by his son Ishme-Dagan II.[2]
The Synchronistic Kinglist[i 4] somewhat implausibly gives eight different early Kassite rulers as his contemporaries although only the first five and part of the sixth are legible. These are Agum IGI ašu, Kaštil[...]šu, Abirataš, Kaštilyašu, Tazzigurumaš, and Harba[...]. Brinkman argues that this is a stylistic device and points to the previous reign of Irišum III who is shown as contemporary to Ea-gâmil, the last king of the Sealand Dynasty and Gandaš, the first of the Kassite Dynasty, despite the Chronicle of Early Kings[i 5] recording that Ea-gâmil fled ahead of the army of Ulam-Buriaš, possibly the 12th Kassite king, at least a hundred years later.[3]
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^Khorsabad Kinglist, tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54) ii 30–31.
shamshi, adad, Šamši, adad, inscribed, Šam, assyrian, king, ruled, second, millennium, 1585, 1580, reign, falls, within, dark, period, assyrian, history, from, which, written, records, scarce, issi, assurking, assurreignc, 1585, 1580, predecessorerishum, iiisu. Shamshi Adad II or Samsi Adad II inscribed m d Sam si dIM was an Old Assyrian king who ruled in the mid second millennium BC c 1585 1580 BC His reign falls within the dark age period of Assyrian history from which written records are scarce Shamshi Adad IIIssi ak AssurKing of AssurReignc 1585 1580 BC 1 PredecessorErishum IIISuccessorIshme Dagan IIIssueIshme Dagan IIFatherErishum IIIBiography editThere are no extant contemporary sources witnessing his reign He was the son and successor of Erishum III and ruled for six years 6 MU MES according to the Khorsabad i 1 and the SDAS i 2 copies of the Assyrian Kinglist where he appears as the 57th name the Nassouhi Kinglist i 3 is poorly preserved in this part He was succeeded by his son Ishme Dagan II 2 The Synchronistic Kinglist i 4 somewhat implausibly gives eight different early Kassite rulers as his contemporaries although only the first five and part of the sixth are legible These are Agum IGI asu Kastil su Abiratas Kastilyasu Tazzigurumas and Harba Brinkman argues that this is a stylistic device and points to the previous reign of Irisum III who is shown as contemporary to Ea gamil the last king of the Sealand Dynasty and Gandas the first of the Kassite Dynasty despite the Chronicle of Early Kings i 5 recording that Ea gamil fled ahead of the army of Ulam Burias possibly the 12th Kassite king at least a hundred years later 3 Inscriptions edit Khorsabad Kinglist tablet IM 60017 excavation nos DS 828 DS 32 54 ii 30 31 SDAS Kinglist tablet IM 60484 ii 23 Nassouhi Kinglist Istanbul A 116 Assur 8836 Synchronistic Kinglist Ass 14616c KAV 216 i 11 18 Chronicle of Early Kings ABC 20 BM 96152 tablet B rev 12 14 References edit Bertman Stephen 2003 Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia New York Oxford University Press p 104 ISBN 978 0195183641 Heather D Baker 2008 Samsi Adad II Reallexikon der Assyriologie Prinz Prinzessin Samug Bd 11 Walter De Gruyter pp 635 636 J A Brinkman 1968 A political history of post Kassite Babylonia 1158 722 B C AnOr 43 Pontificium Instititum Biblicum p 29 Preceded byErishum III King of Assyria1585 1580 BC Succeeded byIshme Dagan II Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shamshi Adad II amp oldid 1147179249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
