| Lullaya | |
|---|---|
| Issi'ak Assur | |
| King of Assur | |
| Reign | c. 1621–1616 BC[1] |
| Predecessor | Bazaya |
| Successor | Shu-Ninua |
| Father | "a nobody" |
Lullaia orLullaya, inscribed incuneiform phoneticallymlu-ul-la-a-a,[i 1][i 2] ahypocoristic name, was the 53rd king ofAssyria to be added to theAssyrian King List. He was a “son of a nobody,” i.e. unrelated to a previous monarch, and reigned six years, fromc. 1621–1616 BC, during a quiet and uneventful period in Assyrian history.[2] Reade speculates that he may be identified with the earlier king,Aššūr-dugul, on the basis of their similar lengths of reign and lack of royal parentage.[3]
He was the last in the sequence of kings omitted from the dissident Assyrian Kinglist known as KAV 14,[i 3] which otherwise provides the only extant sequence ofShamshi-Adad I’s later successors,Mut-Ashkur andRimush.[4] The Synchronistic Kinglist[i 4] gives hisBabylonian counterpart asAyadaragalama of the Sealand Dynasty.[5] There are no extant inscriptions from Lullaia's or his predecessor's reigns in marked contrast with their Sealand contemporaries.[2]
He was succeeded byShu-Ninua, the son of his predecessor,Bazaya, for whom he may have acted as regent until reaching his majority as there is no tradition that Lullaia was a usurper.
| Preceded by | King of Assyria 1621–1616 BC | Succeeded by |