Aššūr-reš-iši II, inscribed ^m''aš-šur-''SAG''-i-ši'', meaning "(the god) Aššur has lifted my head," was the king of

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...

, 971–967 BC, the 96th to be listed on the ''Assyrian Kinglist''.''Khorsabad Kinglist'', tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54), iv 10, 12.''Nassouhi Kinglist'', Istanbul A. 116 (Assur 8836), iv 25, 27. His short five-year reign is rather poorly attested and somewhat overshadowed by the lengthy reigns of his predecessor, Aššur-rabi II, and successor, Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II.

Biography

He succeeded his father, Aššur-rabi II, who had a long 41-year reign. He was probably fairly elderly when the accession took place. He is given in the ''Synchronistic Kinglist''''Synchronistic Kinglist'', tablet Ass 14616c (KAV 216), iii 8. as the counterpart of the

Babylonia Babylonia (; , ) was an Ancient history, ancient Akkadian language, Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Kuwait, Syria and Iran). It emerged as a ...

n king Mâr-bîti-apla-uṣur (983-978 BC), the sole member of the 7th or ''Elamite'' dynasty of

Babylon Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...

, although conventional chronology would suggest the subsequent king, Nabû-mukin-apli (978–943 BC), might be a more likely candidate. The part of the

eponym An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word ''eponym'' include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...

list CcEponym List KAV 21, tablet VAT 11254, v. which would have displayed his limmu officials, was at the top of column V, and is obliterated. Apart from the references to him in later copies of the ''Assyrian Kinglists'' and in the filiation of his grandson, Aššur-dān II, the only contemporary inscriptions referring to him are from his steleStele RIMA 2 A.0.96.1 :2. at the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," in Aššur and in the cylinder inscriptionCylinder inscription of Bēl-ereš, RIMA 2 A.0.96.2001:16. of Bēl-ereš. His stele (number 12) is simply inscribed "''ṣalam'' of Aššur-reš-iši, king of Assyria (MAN.KUR ''aš-šur''), son of �šur- bi, king of Assyria," where the term ''ṣalam'' is taken to mean "statue." Bēl-eriš, the ''šangû-''priest of the temple of the god Samnuha, in the city of Šadikanni, in the Ḫārbūr river valley region, commemorated his construction of a

quay A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more Berth (mo ...

-wall for a canal during Aššur-rabi II’s reign, and the reconstruction of the temple during Aššūr-reš-iši’s, in his clay cylinder inscription recovered from Aššur.

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