Ashurnasirpal I (Aššur-nāṣir-apli I, inscribed aš-šur- PAB-A , meaning "the god Assur is the protector of the heir") was the king of Assyria , 1049–1031 BC, and the 92nd to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist . He was the son and successor of Shamshi-Adad IV , and he ruled for 19 years during a troubled period of Assyrian history, marked by famine and war with nomads from the deserts to the west. He is best known for his penitential prayer to Ištar of Nineveh .
5-414: Ashurnasirpal may refer to: Ashurnasirpal I , king of Assyria from 1050 to 1031 BCE Ashurnasirpal II , king of Assyria from 884 to 859 BCE [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-402: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashurnasirpal&oldid=932698405 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ashurnasirpal I According to a royal hymn composed in his honor, he
15-503: The kingdoms during this period. A single short brick-inscription comes from his palace in Assur , which was located between the south-west front of the ziggurat and the Anu - Adad temple. The "White Obelisk" is sometimes attributed to him by historians, but more usually to his later namesake, Ashurnasirpal II , because its internal content (hunting, military campaigns, etc.) better matches what
20-458: The sickness that afflicted him, citing his temple-restoration, and devotions, to persuade her. It addresses Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbil , as though they were separate deities. A second, fragmentary literary prayer thanks her for her favor. The Synchronistic Kinglist gives his Babylonian counterpart as Kashshu-nadin-ahi (c. 1006–1004 BC), but probably only for stylistic purposes as there seems to have been no recorded contact between
25-422: Was born "in the mountains that nobody knows", suggesting he may have been born in exile, or perhaps a literary device, as it continues: "I was without understanding and I prayed not of your majesty". It relates that, when Ishtar appointed him to the kingship, he had restored her overthrown cult. Known from a single copy from the library of Ashurbanipal , it includes a plea to the goddess to restore him to health from
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