Puzur-Ashur II

Puzur-Ashur II (also transcribed as Puzur-Aššur II) was king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") during the Old Assyrian period c. 1880 to 1873 BC.^[1] Puzur-Ashur II had been both the son and successor of Sargon I. Due to Sargon I's long reign, Puzur-Ashur II came to the throne at such a late age that one of his sons, named Ili-bani, was a witness in a contract (and so already a grown man) eleven years before Puzur-Ashur II became ruler. Puzur-Ashur II was succeeded by his son Naram-Sin. The following is a list of the nine annually-elected "limmu" ("eponym") officials from the year of accession of Puzur-Ashur II, the "waklum" ("overseer"), in the limmu of Ashur-iddin (son of Shuli) to Puzur-Ashur II's death in the limmu of Inaya (son of Amuraya.)^[2] BC dates are based on a date of 1833 BC for the recorded solar eclipse in the limmu of Puzur-Ištar:^[3]

1880 BC Aššur-iddin son of Šuli
1879 BC Aššur-nada son of Puzur-Ana
1878 BC Kubia son of Karria
1877 BC Ili-dan son of Elali
1876 BC Ṣilulu son of Uku
1875 BC Aššur-nada son of Ili-binanni
1874 BC Ikuppi-Ištar son of Ikua
1873 BC Buzutaya son of Šuli
1872 BC Innaya son of Amuraya

References

1. Chen, Fei (2020). "Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings". Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur. Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-9004430914.
2. Klaas R. Veenhof, The old Assyrian list of year eponyms from Karum Kanish and its chronological implications (Ankara, Turkish Historical Society, 2003).
3. C. Michel, Nouvelles données pour la chronologie du IIᵉ millénaire, NABU 2002, Nr. 20, 17f.

Preceded by Sargon I	Išši’ak Aššur 1880–1873 BC	Succeeded by Naram-Sin