Individual Details
Ashur-rabi King of Assyria II
( - 972 BC)
Aššur-rabi II, inscribed maš-šur-GAL-bi, “(the god) Aššur is great,”was king of Assyria 1012–972 BC. Despite his lengthy reign (41 years), one of the longest of the Assyrian monarchs, his tenure seems to have been an unhappy one judging by the scanty and laconic references to his setbacks from later sources.
He was a younger son of the earlier Assyrian monarch, Aššurnaṣirpal I. He succeeded his nephew, Aššur-nerari IV’s brief six year rule, and if this succession was like earlier usurpations by uncles of their nephews, it would have been a violent affair. The Assyrian Kinglist records his accession and genealogy but provides no further information. His construction of the Bit-nathi, part of the temple of Ištar in Nineveh, was recalled in a dedicatory clone of Aššur-nāṣir-apli II (883–859 BC) commemorating his own repair work.
He was a younger son of the earlier Assyrian monarch, Aššurnaṣirpal I. He succeeded his nephew, Aššur-nerari IV’s brief six year rule, and if this succession was like earlier usurpations by uncles of their nephews, it would have been a violent affair. The Assyrian Kinglist records his accession and genealogy but provides no further information. His construction of the Bit-nathi, part of the temple of Ištar in Nineveh, was recalled in a dedicatory clone of Aššur-nāṣir-apli II (883–859 BC) commemorating his own repair work.
Events
| Death | 972 BC | Assyria |
Families
| Child | Ashur-resh-ishi King of Assyria II ( - -967) |
| Father | Ashurnasirpal King of Assyria ( - -1031) |