| Puzur-Ashur I | |
|---|---|
| Išši’ak Aššur | |
| Reign | c. 2025 BC – unknown |
| Predecessor | Akiya (?) |
| Successor | Shalim-ahum |
| Born | 21st century BCE Assyria (Modern-dayIraq) |
| Died | 1970 BCE Assyria (Modern-dayIraq) |
| Burial | |
| Occupation | sovereign |
Puzur-Ashur I (Akkadian:𒁍𒀫𒀸𒋩,romanized: Pu-AMAR-Aš-ŠUR) was anAssyrian king in the 21st and 20th centuries BC. He is generally regarded as the founder of Assyria as an independent city-state,c. 2025 BC.[1]
He is in theAssyrian King List and is referenced in the inscriptions of later kings (his son and successorShalim-ahum and the laterAshur-rim-nisheshu andShalmaneser III.)[2]: 6, 8, 12, 15 These later kings mentioned him among the kings who had renewed the city walls ofAssur begun byKikkia.[3]
Puzur-Ashur I may have started a native Assyrian dynasty that endured for eight generations untilErishum II was overthrown by the AmoriteShamshi-Adad I.[citation needed]Hildegard Lewy, writing in theCambridge Ancient History, rejects this interpretation and sees Puzur-Aššur I as part of a longer dynasty started by one of his predecessors,Sulili.[3] Inscriptions link Puzur-Aššur I to his immediate successors,[2]: 7–8 [4] who, according to the Assyrian King List, are related to the following kings down to Erišum II.[2]: 14
Puzur-Ashur I's successors bore the title Išši’ak Aššur, vice regent of Assur, as well asensí.[5]
| Preceded by Akiya (?) | Išši’ak Aššur 2025–? BC | Succeeded by |
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