Adad-shuma-usur

Adad - šuma - usur ( dIM -MU -MU - MDIM SES or SES, Saporetti suggests the reading Adad - mušaṣṣir before ) the 32th king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon ( King List A), the son of Kaštiliaš IV was He ruled 30 years ( King List A).

Title

He led the title:

• LU.GAL SAR on a dagger from Luristan
• Šakkanakku (economics text )

Government

Adad - šuma - usur came through a revolution against Adad - šuma - iddina on the throne ( Chronicle P). Then, after the seven-year reign of Adad - šuma - iddina about Karduniaš stood the mighty Babylon against him and put Adad - šuma - usur on the throne of his father. His successor was his son Meli- Sipak ( of his father but never mentioned in his inscriptions ). Adad - šuma - usur is the same time as the Assyrian kings Enlil - kudurri - usur ( perhaps suffered a defeat against him ) and Ninurta apal - Ekur ( Synchronistic King List ). A letter of Adad - šuma - usur to Assur- nirari III. and his sukallu rabi'u ILI Pada is obtained in a newly - Assyrian copy. In it, he accused the king of laziness and drunkenness. Relations with Ashur were therefore probably not the best, the surprisingly aggressive tone indicates a weak period of its northern neighbor.

In a letter, which is located in Berlin, the Elamite ruler Šutruk - nahhunte complained that Adad - šuma - usur, " which comes from the banks of the Euphrates ," sits on the throne, instead of himself

Buildings

A Sumerian inscription from Nippur ( with multiple copies ) reports on construction of Adad - šuma - usur on É.KUR.