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Shalmaneser I

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Shalmaneser I pours out the dust of Arina before his God, illustration in Hutchinson's Story of the NationsShalmaneser I (Shulmanu-asharedu;[1] 1274 BC – 1245 BC or 1265 BC – 1235 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365 - 1050 BC).Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC.According to his annals, discovered at Assur, in his first year he conquered eight countries in the northwest and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu, the dust of which he brought to Assur. In his second year he defeated Shattuara, king of Hanilgalbat (Mitanni), and his Hittite and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittani kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blinded 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings who was known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands rather than simply slaughtering them all.He conquered the whole country from Taidu to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Carchemish on the Euphrates. He built palaces at Assur and Nineveh, restored the "world-temple" at Assur (Ehursagkurkurra), and founded the city of Kalhu (the biblical Calah/Nimrud). He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta I.Limmu officials by year[edit]Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from Freydank[2] and McIntyre.[3] The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.1265: Adad-šumu-lešir son of Sin-ašared1264: Šulmanu-ašared (king)1263: Mušabšiu-Šibitti1262: Ber-šumu-iddina1261: Abi-ili son Aššur-šumu-lešir1260: Aššur-alik-pana1259: Adad-Šamši son of Adad-šumu-lešir1258: Kidin-Sin son Adad-teya1257: Šerriya1256: Aššur-kašid1255: Aššur-mušabši son of Iddin-Mer1254: Aššur-mušabši son of Anu-mušallim1253: Qibi-Aššur son of Šamaš-aḫa-iddina1252: Aššur-nadin-šume1251: Mušallim-Aššur1250: Qibi-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Marduk1249: Ina-pi-Aššur-lišlim son of Bābu-aḫa-iddina1248: Ber-šumu-lešir son of Ete-pi-Tašmete1247: Aššur-dammiq son of Abi-ili1246: Ber-bel-lite1245: Ištar-eriš son of Šulmanu-qarrad1244: Lullayu son of Adad-šumu-iddina1243: Aššur-ketti-ide son of Abi-ili1242: Ekaltayu1241: Aššur-daʼissunu son of Ululayu1240: Riš-Adad1239: Nabu-bela-uṣur1238: Usat-Marduk1237: Ellil-ašared1236: Ittabši-den-Aššur1235: UbruNotes[edit]Jump up ^ The name means: "[the god] Shulmanu is preeminent"; Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq (Penguin, 3rd ed., 1992), p. 295.Jump up ^ Helmut Freydank, AoF 3 (2005), 45-56.Jump up ^ Eponyms of Shalmaneser 1 - SummaryReferences[edit]Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.Preceded byAdad-nirari IKing of Assyria1263 BC–1233 BCSucceeded byTukulti-Ninurta I[show] v t eAssyrian kings