| Ashur-resh-ishi II | |
|---|---|
| King of Assyria | |
| King of theMiddle Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | 972–967 BC |
| Predecessor | Ashur-rabi II |
| Successor | Tiglath-Pileser II |
| Issue | Tiglath-Pileser II |
| Father | Ashur-rabi II |
Aššūr-reš-iši II, inscribedmaš-šur-SAG-i-ši, meaning "(the god)Aššur has lifted my head," was the king ofAssyria, 971–967 BC, the 96th to be listed on theAssyrian Kinglist.[i 1][i 2] His short five-year reign is rather poorly attested and somewhat overshadowed by the lengthy reigns of his predecessor,Aššur-rabi II, and successor,Tukultī-apil-Ešarra II.
He succeeded his father,Aššur-rabi II, who had a long 41-year reign. He was probably fairly elderly when the accession took place. He is given in theSynchronistic Kinglist[i 3] as the counterpart of theBabylonian kingMâr-bîti-apla-uṣur (983-978 BC), the sole member of the 7th orElamite dynasty ofBabylon, although conventional chronology would suggest the subsequent king,Nabû-mukin-apli (978–943 BC), might be a more likely candidate.[1] The part of theeponym list Cc[i 4] which would have displayed hislimmu officials, was at the top of column V, and isobliterated.
Apart from the references to him in later copies of theAssyrian Kinglists and in the filiation of his grandson,Aššur-dān II, the only contemporary inscriptions referring to him are from his stele[i 5] at the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," inAššur and in the cylinder inscription[i 6] of Bēl-ereš.[2] His stele (number 12) is simply inscribed "ṣalam of Aššur-reš-iši, king of Assyria (MAN.KURaš-šur), son of [A]ššur-[r]abi, king of Assyria," where the termṣalam is taken to mean "statue."[3] Bēl-eriš, thešangû-priest of the temple of the godSamnuha, in the city of Šadikanni, in the Ḫārbūr river valley region, commemorated his construction of aquay-wall for a canal during Aššur-rabi II’s reign, and the reconstruction of the temple during Aššūr-reš-iši’s, in his clay cylinder inscription recovered from Aššur.
| Preceded by | King of Assyria 972–967 BC | Succeeded by |