Asinum
| Asium | |
|---|---|
| Reign | 1730s BC |
| Successor | Puzur-Sin (usurper) |
| Father | Shamshi-Adad I (grandfather) |
Asinum was possibly a king of Assyria during the 18th century BC, and a grandson of Shamshi-Adad I. He was overthrown by Puzur-Sin because he was of Amorite extraction; not included in the standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Sin's inscription.
Asinum was deposed in a revolt that aimed to restore the traditions of Old Assyrian period. In the inscription left by Puzur-Sin, the Amorite kings beginning with Shamsi-Adad were described as "foreign plague not of the flesh of the city of Assur" while the latter was accused of constructing a palace for himself (possibly a reference to the so-called Old Palace built next to the ziggurat) and destroying old Assur shrines.[1] After Asinum's rule, anarchy ensued in Assyria after a series of eight usurpers seized the throne.[2]
It is unclear whether Asinum was a personal name or a title.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Larsen, Mogens Trolle (2015). Ancient Kanesh: A Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-107-11956-7.
- ^ Bertman, Stephen (2003). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-19-518364-1.
- ^ Reade, J. E. (2001). "Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus Origins". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 60 (1): 1–29. doi:10.1086/468883. JSTOR 545577. S2CID 161480780.
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