Back አሹር-ቤል-ካላ Amharic آشور بيل كالا Arabic اشور بيل كالا ARZ Aixurbelkala Catalan Aššur-bél-kala Czech Aššur-bel-kala German Ασούρ μπελ καλά Greek Aŝur-bel-kala Esperanto Ashur-bel-kala Spanish Ashur-bel-kala Basque
| Ashur-bel-kala | |
|---|---|
| King of the Middle Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | 1074–1056 BC |
| Predecessor | Asharid-apal-Ekur |
| Successor | Eriba-Adad II |
| Spouse | Babylonian princess, daughter of Adad-apla-iddina[1] |
| Father | Tiglath-Pileser I |
Aššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la (meaning "Aššur is lord of all"),[2] was the king of Assyria in 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I, succeeded his brother Asharid-apal-Ekur who had briefly preceded him, and he ruled for 18 years[i 1] He was the last king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, and his later reign was preoccupied with a revolution against his rule led by one Tukulti-Mer, which, by the end of his reign, allowed hordes of Arameans to press in on Assyria's western borders. He is perhaps best known for his zoological collection.
- ^ Brinkman, J.A. (1968). Political history of Post-Kassite Babylonia (1158-722 b. C.) (A). Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 142.
- ^ K. Åkerman (1998). "Aššūr-bēl-kala". In K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 171.
Cite error: There are <ref group=i> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=i}} template (see the help page).