Ashur-bel-kala

Ashur-bel-kala
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire
Reign1074–1056 BC
PredecessorAsharid-apal-Ekur
SuccessorEriba-Adad II
SpouseBabylonian princess, daughter of Adad-apla-iddina[1]
FatherTiglath-Pileser I

Aššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la and meaning “Aššur is lord of all,”[2] was the king of Assyria 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was the son of Tukultī-apil-Ešarra I, succeeded his brother Ašarēd-apil-Ekur who had briefly preceded him, and he ruled for 18 years[i 1] He was the last king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, and his later reign was preoccupied with a revolution against his rule led by one Tukulti-Mer, which, by the end of his reign, allowed hordes of Arameans to press in on Assyria's western borders. He is perhaps best known for his zoological collection.

  1. ^ Brinkman, J.A. (1968). Political history of Post-Kassite Babylonia (1158-722 b. C.) (A). Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 142.
  2. ^ K. Åkerman (1998). "Aššūr-bēl-kala". In K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 171.


Cite error: There are <ref group=i> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=i}} template (see the help page).


© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search