Ashur-nadin-ahhe I
Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē I
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1452–1431 BC[a]
PredecessorAshur-rabi I
SuccessorEnlil-nasir II
FatherAshur-rabi I

Ashur-nadin-ahhe I (Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē I)[3] was a king of Assyria in the 15th century BC. He took power after the death of his father, Ashur-rabi I. During his reign, Assyria became a sporadic vassal of Mitanni. He was overthrown by his brother Enlil-Nasir II.[4]

A letter survives from him congratulating Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III on his victories in Palestine and Syria.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ The length of Ashur-nadin-ahhe 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. ^ Grayson, Albert Kirk (1987). Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ Gwendolyn Leick (31 January 2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  5. ^ Stephen Bertman (14 July 2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. OUP USA. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-19-518364-1.
Preceded byAshur-rabi I King of Assyria 1452–1431 BC Succeeded byEnlil-nasir II


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