Bazaya
Bazaya | |
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Issi'ak Assur | |
King of Assur | |
Reign | c. 1649–1622 BC[1] |
Predecessor | Iptar-Sin |
Successor | Lullaya |
Issue | Shu-Ninua |
Father | Iptar-Sin |
Bazaya, Bāzāia or Bāzāiu, inscribed mba-za-a-a and of uncertain meaning, was the ruler of Assyria c. 1649 to 1622 BC, the 52nd listed on the Assyrian King List, succeeding Iptar-Sin, to whom he was supposedly a great-uncle. He reigned for twenty-eight years and has left no known inscriptions.[2]
Biography
The Assyrian king lists[i 1][i 2][i 3] give Bazaya's five predecessors as father-son successors, although all reigned during a fifty-two period, stretching genealogical credibility. All three extant copies give his father as Bel-bani, the second in the sequence, whose reign had ended forty-one years earlier and who had been the great-grandfather of his immediate predecessor.[3] The literal reading of the list was challenged by Landsberger who suggested that the three preceding kings, Libaya, Sharma-Adad I and Iptar-Sin may have been Bel-bani's brothers.[4]
The Synchronistic Kinglist[i 4] gives his Babylonian counterpart as Peshgaldaramesh of the Sealand Dynasty. He was succeeded by Lullaya, a usurper, whose brief reign was followed by that of Bāzāiu's own son, Shu-Ninua.[5]
Inscriptions
References
- ^ Bertman, Stephen (2003). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0195183641.
- ^ A. K. Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume 1. Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 30–31.
- ^ B. Newgrosh (1999). "The Chronology of Ancient Assyria Re-assessed". Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum. 8: 79–80.
- ^ J. A. Brinkman (1998). "Bēl-bāni". In K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part 2: B–G. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 288.
- ^ K. Radner (1998). "Bāzāiu". The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part 2: B–G. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 278.
Preceded by Iptar-Sin | King of Assyria 1649–1622 BC | Succeeded by Lullaya |
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(c. 2025–1364 BC)
- Puzur-Ashur I
- Shalim-ahum
- Ilu-shuma
- Erishum I
- Ikunum
- Sargon I
- Puzur-Ashur II
- Naram-Sin
- Erishum II
- Shamshi-Adad I
- Ishme-Dagan I
- Mut-Ashkur (?)
- Rimush (?)
- Asinum (?)
- Puzur-Sin
- Ashur-dugul
- Ashur-apla-idi (?)
- Nasir-Sin (?)
- Sin-namir (?)
- Ipqi-Ishtar (?)
- Adad-salulu (?)
- Adasi (?)
- Bel-bani
- Libaya
- Sharma-Adad I
- Iptar-Sin
- Bazaya
- Lullaya
- Shu-Ninua
- Sharma-Adad II
- Erishum III
- Shamshi-Adad II
- Ishme-Dagan II
- Shamshi-Adad III
- Ashur-nirari I
- Puzur-Ashur III
- Enlil-nasir I
- Nur-ili
- Ashur-shaduni
- Ashur-rabi I
- Ashur-nadin-ahhe I
- Enlil-Nasir II
- Ashur-nirari II
- Ashur-bel-nisheshu
- Ashur-rim-nisheshu
- Ashur-nadin-ahhe II
- Eriba-Adad I
(c. 1363–912 BC)
- Ashur-uballit I
- Enlil-nirari
- Arik-den-ili
- Adad-nirari I
- Shalmaneser I
- Tukulti-Ninurta I
- Ashur-nadin-apli
- Ashur-nirari III
- Enlil-kudurri-usur
- Ninurta-apal-Ekur
- Ashur-dan I
- Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur
- Mutakkil-Nusku
- Ashur-resh-ishi I
- Tiglath-Pileser I
- Asharid-apal-Ekur
- Ashur-bel-kala
- Eriba-Adad II
- Shamshi-Adad IV
- Ashurnasirpal I
- Shalmaneser II
- Ashur-nirari IV
- Ashur-rabi II
- Ashur-resh-ishi II
- Tiglath-Pileser II
- Ashur-dan II
(911–609 BC)