Puzur-Ashur II (also transcribed as Puzur-Aššur II) was

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(Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of

Assur Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal ...

") during the

Old Assyrian period The Old Assyrian period was the second stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of the city of Assur from its rise as an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I 2025 BC to the foundation of a larger Assyrian territorial state after th ...

1880 to 1873 BC. Puzur-Ashur II had been both the son and successor of Sargon I. Due to Sargon I's long reign, Puzur-Ashur II came to the throne at a late age since one of his sons, named Ili-bani, was a witness in a contract (and so already a grown man) eleven years before Puzur-Ashur II became ruler. Puzur-Ashur II was succeeded by his son Naram-Sin. The following is a list of the nine annually-elected "

limmu : Limmu was an Assyrian eponym. At the beginning of the reign of an Assyrian king, the limmu, an appointed royal official, would preside over the New Year festival at the capital. Each year a new limmu would be chosen. Although picked by lot, th ...

" ("eponym") officials from the year of accession of Puzur-Ashur II, the "''waklum''" ("overseer"), in the limmu of Ashur-iddin (son of Shuli) to Puzur-Ashur II's death in the limmu of Inaya (son of Amuraya.) BC dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-Ištar:C. Michel, ''Nouvelles données pour la chronologie du IIᵉ millénaire'', ''NABU'' 2002, Nr. 20, 17f. 1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
1879 BC Aššur-nada son of Puzur-Ana
1878 BC Kubia son of Karria
1877 BC Ili-dan son of Elali
1876 BC Ṣilulu son of Uku
1875 BC Aššur-nada son of Ili-binanni
1874 BC Ikuppi-Ištar son of Ikua
1873 BC Buzutaya son of Šuli
1872 BC Innaya son of Amuraya

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19th-century BC Assyrian kings 19th-century BC deaths Year of birth unknown {{MEast-royal-stub