Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu, inscribed^mdaš-šur-ÁG-UN.MEŠ-šu, meaning “(the god)Aššur loves his people,”^[2] was ruler ofAssyria, orišši’ak Aššur, “vice-regent of Aššur,” written inSumerian:PA.TE.SI (=ÉNSI), c. 1408–1401 BC or c. 1398–1391 BC (short chronology), the 70th to be listed on theAssyrian King List. He is best known for his reconstruction of the inner city wall ofAššur.

All three extantAssyrian Kinglists^{[i 2][i 3][i 4]} give his filiation as “son ofAššur-bēl-nišēšu," the monarch who immediately preceded him, but this is contradicted by the sole extant contemporary inscription, acone giving a dedicatory inscription for the reconstruction of the wall of the inner city of Aššur, which gives his father asAššur-nērārī II (written phonetically on the third line of the illustration),^[3] the same as his predecessor who was presumably therefore his brother. With Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, another son of Aššur-nērārī who was given the title "supreme judge," it seems he may have been the third of Aššur-nērārī's sons to rule.^[4]

The cone identifies the previous restorers asKikkia,Ikunum (1867–1860 BC),Sargon I (1859 BC – ?),Puzur-Aššur II, andAššur-nārāri I (1547–1522 BC) the son ofIshme-Dagan II (1579–1562 BC).^[5] The reference to Kikkia's original fortification of the city is repeated in one of the later king's,Salmānu-ašarēd III, own inscriptions.^[6] It was recovered from an old adobe wall three meters from the northern edge of theziggurat.^[7]

He was succeeded by his son,Aššur-nadin-aḫḫē II.

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