Puzur-Ashur I (Akkadian: 𒁍𒀫𒀸𒋩, romanized: Pu-AMAR-Aš-ŠUR; died c. 2008 BC) was an Assyrian king in the 21st century BC. He is generally regarded as the founder of Assyria as an independent state, c. 2025 BC, although there are predecessors listed on the Assyrian King List dating to the early 22nd century BC.
| Puzur-Ashur I 𒁍𒀫𒀸𒋩 | |
|---|---|
| King of Assyria | |
| Reign | c. 2025 – c. 2008 BC |
| Successor | Shalim-ahum |
| Died | c. 2008 BC |
| Issue | Shalim-ahum |
He is in the Assyrian King List and is referenced in the inscriptions of later kings (his son and successor Shalim-ahum and the later Ashur-rim-nisheshu and Shalmaneser III).: 6, 8, 12, 15 These later kings mentioned him among the kings who had renewed the city walls of Assur begun by Kikkia.
Puzur-Ashur I may have started a native Assyrian dynasty that endured for eight generations until Erishum II was overthrown by the Amorite Shamshi-Adad I.[citation needed] Hildegard Lewy, writing in the Cambridge Ancient History, rejects this interpretation and sees Puzur-Ashur I as part of a longer dynasty started by one of his predecessors, Sulili. Inscriptions link Puzur-Aššur I to his immediate successors,: 7–8 who, according to the Assyrian King List, are related to the following kings down to Erišum II.: 14
Puzur-Ashur I's successors bore the title Išši’ak Aššur, vice regent of Assur, as well as ensí.
See also
- Timeline of the Assyrian Empire
- Early Period of Assyria
- List of Assyrian kings
- Assyrian continuity
- Assyria
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