Aššur-nērārī II, inscribed maš-šur-ERIM.GABA (=DÁḪ), "(the god) Aššur is my help," (died 1418 BC) was the king of Assyria, the 68th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist, c. 1424–1418 BC or 1414–1408 BC depending on a later uncertainty in the chronology, at the tail end of the Old Assyrian period. Assyria was to a degree under the domination of Mitanni at this time and still recovering from their sacking of the city under Shaushtatar.
Biography He was the son of Enlil-Nasir II, who had preceded him on the Assyrian throne. According to the Khorsabad KinglistKhorsabad Kinglist, tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos.: DS 828, DS 32-54), iii 3. he reigned for seven years, the corresponding columns on the Nassouhi and SDAS Kinglists are damaged at this point. A legal textKAJ 174. from Aššur is dated to the “Eponym of Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, son of Aššur-nērārī, supreme judge” and anotherKAJ 8. gives the witness “Šamaš-kidinnu, son of Ibaši-ilu, son of Ber-nādin-aḫḫe, supreme judge.” The title and genealogy suggest Ber-nādin-aḫḫe may have been an otherwise unattested successor to Aššur-nērārī.
He was succeeded by his son Ashur-bel-nisheshu.
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