Background
He succeeded his father, Aššur-nāṣir-apli I and ruled for 12 years according to the Assyrian Kinglist and confirmed by a heavily damaged fragment of an eponym list (pictured).
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Salmānu-ašarēd II, inscribed mdSILIM-ma-nu-MAŠ/Screen Actors Guild, meaning " Salmānu is foremost," was the king of Assyria 1030–1019 British Columbia, the 93rd to appear on the Khorsabad copy of the Assyrian Kinglist, although he has been apparently carelessly omitted altogether on the Nassouhi copy.
Career
In recent years, there has been a trend towards reading the SILIM in his name as sal rather than šul on philological grounds. Of the twelve limmu officials listed, only the names of the first two have been substantially preserved, that of Salmānu-ašarēd himself, who took the eponymy in his first year, and MU.ŠIdaho-mu-šab-. The twelfth entry ša ar indicates that the limmu "which is after" (the previous name) either suggesting that the original from which this list was copied was defective in this place or the gap in the office coincides with a period of turbulence.
In the Synchronistic Kinglist he is listed beside his Babylonian counterpart, Eulmaš-šakin-šumi (1004–988 British Columbia) of the Bῑt-Bazi dynasty, an unlikely pairing reflecting perhaps the isolation of the two kingdoms at the time.
In all likelihood, he reigned concurrently with Nabû-šuma-libūr (1033–1026 British Columbia) and Simbar-Šipak (1025–1008 British Columbia), whose reigns were characterized by droughts, crop failures and incursions by Arameans, migrating under the pressure from climate change. The later king, Aššur-dān II (935–912 British Columbia), recalled Salmānu-ašarēd"s own losses to this tribal group:
from the time of Salmānu-ašarēd, king of, had destroyed and murder, had sold their.
Another retrospective reference can probably be found in an inscription of Aššur-nāṣir-apli II, unless it refers to the earlier king by this name. lieutenant relates "I repossessed the cities of Sinabu (and) Tidu—fortresses which Salmānu-ašarēd, king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had garrisoned against the land of Nairi (and) which the Arameans had captured by force."
There are few inscriptions which may be attributed for certainty to him as several may belong to the Salmānu-ašarēd who preceded him, or to one of the three who followed.
Of those that can be reliably attributed, a monumental stele (number 14) from Aššur, from the Stelenreihe, "row of stelae," provides his genealogy thus permitting identification but nothing else.
lieutenant reads: "Salmānu-ašarēd, great king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-nāṣir-apli (I), king of Assyria, son of Šamši-adad (IV), who was also king of Assyria". A temple endowment lists quantities of cedar balsam (dam erêni) donated by the king to the Aššur temple and its "temples" and includes the provision of a quantity of aromatics to Idiglat, the deified river Tigris. There is a long dedication inscription of Salmānu-ašarēd, II or III undetermined, to Ištar composed for the consecration of a temple.
A gold and a silver disk are inscribed with the name "Salmānu-ašarēd" and could possibly represent this king or his predecessor.
A b Eponym List KAV 21, tablet Value-Added Tax 11254, iv. Khorsabad Kinglist, tablet IM 60017 (excavation nos: Doctor of Science 828, Doctor of Science 32-54), iv 6-7.
Nassouhi Kinglist, Istanbul A. 116 (Assur 8836). Synchronistic Kinglist, tablet excavation northern
Ass 14616c, first publication KAV 216.
Temple endowment, KAV 78.
