Puzur-Ashur I
Encyclopedia
Puzur-Ashur I was a king of Assyria
circa 1975 BC Assyrian king list. According to Georges Roux
he founded a new dynasty in Assyria, and left inscriptions and dedications to the gods Ashur
, Adad
and Ishtar
in his capital city. The date of his death has not survived on record, but he was succeeded by Shalim-ahum
who died in 1946 BC.
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
circa 1975 BC Assyrian king list. According to Georges Roux
Georges Roux
Georges Roux was a French artist and book illustrator. His best-known works today are a large number of illustrations he created for the science-fiction novels of Jules Verne, in the series Les voyages extraordinaires...
he founded a new dynasty in Assyria, and left inscriptions and dedications to the gods Ashur
Ashur
Ashur |Shin]]) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the 'ש'), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram....
, Adad
Adad
Adad in Akkadian and Ishkur in Sumerian and Hadad in Aramaic are the names of the storm-god in the Babylonian-Assyrian pantheon. All three are usually written by the logogram dIM...
and Ishtar
Ishtar
Ishtar is the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. She is the counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate north-west Semitic goddess Astarte.-Characteristics:...
in his capital city. The date of his death has not survived on record, but he was succeeded by Shalim-ahum
Shalim-ahum
Shalim-ahum was an early king of Assyria who died in 1946 BC according to the Assyrian king list. He succeeded Puzur-Ashur I. Little has been discovered about his rule thus far....
who died in 1946 BC.