Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur

Ninurta Tukulti - Ashur ( Ninurta Tukulti - Aschschur, Ninurta Tukulti -Assur ), son of Ashur -dan I, was an Assyrian king.

He ruled around the year 1133, possibly earlier, during the reign of his father Ashur -dan I. He ruled ṭupppišu what is commonly translated as " less than one year ."

He seems to have ascended the throne with the help of Babylonian. According to the Chronicle P he gave the statue of Marduk, the Tukulti - Ninurta I had stolen from Babylon back. His reign is confirmed by numerous documents, including many business texts.

The Assyrian king (probably Mutakkil - Nusku ) described him, according to a letter from the Babylonian king ( Itti -Marduk - balatu? ) As "an unmanly Buhlknaben ". After a short reign he was driven by his brother Mutakkil - Nusku and fled to Babylonia.

Eponyms officials

  • Ashur šezibanni, son of Pa'uzu
  • Sîn - Seja
  • Pišqija, son of Kassu
Tukulti-Ninurta I. Mutakkil-Nusku Sedat Alp Enlil-nirari Eriba-Adad II.
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