Aminu (Assyrian king)

Aminu
Monarch of Aššūrāyu
Reign fl. c. 2088 BCE — c. 2075 BCE
Predecessor Ila-kabkabu
Successor Sulili
Father Ila-kabkabu

Aminu (Akkadian: 𒀀𒈪𒉡, translit. A-mi-nu) had been the twenty-sixth Assyrian monarch of the Early Period of Aššūrāyu (Assyria) according to the Assyrian King List (AKL). Aminu is listed within a section of the AKL as the last of the, "kings whose fathers are known." This section (which in contrast to the rest of the list) had been written in reverse order—beginning with Aminu and ending with Apiashal “altogether ten kings who are ancestors[1][2]”—and has often been interpreted as the list of ancestors of the Amorite Šamši-Adad I (fl. c. 1809 BCE)[2] who had conquered the city-state of Aššur.[3] The AKL also states that Aminu had been both the son and successor of Ila-kabkabu. Additionally, the AKL states that Yazkur-el had been both the predecessor and father of Sulili.

Preceded by
Ila-kabkabu		 Monarch of Aššūrāyu
fl. c. 2088 BCE — c. 2075 BCE		 Succeeded by
Sulili

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glassner, Jean-Jacques (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 137. ISBN 1589830903.
  2. 1 2 Meissner, Bruno (1990). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. 6. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 104. ISBN 3110100517.
  3. ↑ Van De Mieroop, Marc (2004). A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC (2nd ed.). Blackwell Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 9781405149112.
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