Asharid-apal-Ekur

Ašarēd-apil-Ekur, inscribed ma-šá-rid-A-É.KUR or mSAG.KAL-DUMU.UŠ-É.KUR and variants (meaning "the heir of the Ekur is foremost"), was the son and successor of Tukultī-apil-Ešarra I as king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, reigning for just two years, 1076/5–1074 BC, during the turmoil that engulfed the end of that lengthy reign, and he was the 88th king to appear on the Assyrian King List. His reign marked the elevation of the office of ummânu (royal scholar), and he was the first to have this recorded next to the king’s name on the Synchronistic King List, possibly identifying the contemporary redactor of this list.

Biography

According to an early reading of the Synchronistic King List, This part of the cuneiform text is now lost or disproven.

There are no royal inscriptions known from his reign, and he appears only in later king lists and in an eponym list. He was succeeded by his brother Aššur-bel-kala, then his nephew Eriba-Adad II, then his other brother Šamši-Adad IV.

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