Shamshi-Adad (Akkadian: Šamši-Adad; Amorite: Shamshi-Addu), ruled c. 1808–1776 BC, was an Amorite warlord and conqueror who had conquered lands across... 18 KB (2,217 words) - 14:56, 22 April 2024 |
Adad-apla-iddina, typically inscribed in cuneiform mdIM-DUMU.UŠ-SUM-na, mdIM-A-SUM-na or dIM-ap-lam-i-din-[nam] meaning the storm god “Adad has given... 13 KB (1,699 words) - 16:43, 27 March 2024 |
father of one other king named within the Assyrian King List: Šamši-Adad I. Šamši-Adad I had not inherited the Assyrian throne from his father, but had instead... 3 KB (428 words) - 00:50, 21 December 2021 |
Shammuramat (section Reign of Shamshi-Adad V) consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC), Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III (r. 811–783... 31 KB (4,031 words) - 17:30, 4 January 2024 |
son of Adad-nirari or Ashur-nirari. The Assyriologists Fei Chen, Albert Kirk Grayson and Shiego Yamada consider it more likely that he was Adad-nirari's... 61 KB (7,484 words) - 12:20, 16 April 2024 |
Adad-šuma-uṣur, inscribed dIM-MU-ŠEŠ, meaning "O Adad, protect the name!," and dated very tentatively c. 1216–1187 BC (short chronology), was the 32nd... 18 KB (2,362 words) - 16:44, 27 March 2024 |
was Adad-guppi, born in c. 648/649 BC. Although once assumed to have been part of the Babylonian royal harem, no evidence exists to date that Adad-guppi... 79 KB (10,549 words) - 03:05, 22 April 2024 |
late 19th century BC had been an integral part of the "Empire of Shamsi-Adad", sometimes called the Old Assyrian Empire. Though the empire experienced... 99 KB (12,957 words) - 14:35, 1 March 2024 |
struck down; the kingship to Awan was carried off. — Sumerian King List, 137-147. Both his reign and the dynasty came to an end when he was defeated by... 3 KB (129 words) - 10:22, 14 March 2023 |