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Shamshi-Adad III

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Issi'ak Assur
Shamshi-Adad III
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reignc. 1563–1548 BC
PredecessorIshme-Dagan II
SuccessorAshur-nirari I
FatherIshme-Dagan II

Shamshi-Adad III was the King of Assyria from c. 1563 BC to 1548 BC. He was the son of Ishme-Dagan II. He is known from an inscription where he reports having repaired two of the ziggurats.

References

  1. McIntosh, Jane R. (2005). Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 355. ISBN 1-57607-965-1.
  2. Gwendolyn Leick (31 January 2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
  3. Albert Kirk Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: From the beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-3-447-01382-6.
Preceded byIshme-Dagan II King of Assyria
1563–1548 BCE
Succeeded byAshur-nirari I
Kings of Assyria
Old Assyrian period
(c. 2025–1364 BC)
Middle Assyrian Empire
(c. 1363–912 BC)
Neo-Assyrian Empire
(911–609 BC)
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