Ashur-rabi I

Ashur-rabi I was a king of Assyria in the 15th century BC. The son of the former king Enlil-nasir I, he seized the throne after a successful coup against Ashur-shaduni, who had been the king for only one month.[3]

Ashur-rabi I
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1472–1453 BC[lower-alpha 1]
PredecessorAshur-shaduni
SuccessorAshur-nadin-ahhe I
IssueAshur-nadin-ahhe I, Enlil-nasir II
FatherEnlil-nasir I

Notes
  1. The length of Ashur-rabi I's reign is broken off in all known copies of the Assyrian King List and it is impossible to calculate how long it lasted.[1] The dates used here are speculative approximations by Düring (2020).[2]

References
  1. Hunger, Hermann (2009). "How uncertain is Mesopotamian chronology?". In Warburton, David A. (ed.). Time's Up! Dating the Minoan Eruption of Santorini. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens. Athens: The Danish Institute at Athens. ISBN 978-8779346529.
  2. Düring, Bleda S. (2020). The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-1108778701.
  3. Who's Who in the Ancient Near East, by Gwendolyn Leick


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