Lullaya | |
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Issi'ak Assur | |
King of Assur | |
Reign | c. 1621–1616 BC [1] |
Predecessor | Bazaya |
Successor | Shu-Ninua |
Father | "a nobody" |
Lullaia or Lullaya, inscribed in cuneiform phonetically mlu-ul-la-a-a, [i 1] [i 2] a hypocoristic name, was the 53rd king of Assyria to be added to the Assyrian King List. He was a “ son of a nobody,” i.e. unrelated to a previous monarch, and reigned six years, from c. 1621–1616 BC, during a quiet and uneventful period in Assyrian history. [2] Reade speculates that he may be identified with the earlier king, Aššūr-dugul, on the basis of their similar lengths of reign and lack of royal parentage. [3]
He was the last in the sequence of kings omitted from the dissident Assyrian Kinglist known as KAV 14, [i 3] which otherwise provides the only extant sequence of Shamshi-Adad I’s later successors, Mut-Ashkur and Rimush. [4] The Synchronistic Kinglist [i 4] gives his Babylonian counterpart as Ayadaragalama of the Sealand Dynasty. [5] There are no extant inscriptions from Lullaia's or his predecessor's reigns in marked contrast with their Sealand contemporaries. [2]
He was succeeded by Shu-Ninua, the son of his predecessor, Bazaya, for whom he may have acted as regent until reaching his majority as there is no tradition that Lullaia was a usurper.
Lullaya | |
---|---|
Issi'ak Assur | |
King of Assur | |
Reign | c. 1621–1616 BC [1] |
Predecessor | Bazaya |
Successor | Shu-Ninua |
Father | "a nobody" |
Lullaia or Lullaya, inscribed in cuneiform phonetically mlu-ul-la-a-a, [i 1] [i 2] a hypocoristic name, was the 53rd king of Assyria to be added to the Assyrian King List. He was a “ son of a nobody,” i.e. unrelated to a previous monarch, and reigned six years, from c. 1621–1616 BC, during a quiet and uneventful period in Assyrian history. [2] Reade speculates that he may be identified with the earlier king, Aššūr-dugul, on the basis of their similar lengths of reign and lack of royal parentage. [3]
He was the last in the sequence of kings omitted from the dissident Assyrian Kinglist known as KAV 14, [i 3] which otherwise provides the only extant sequence of Shamshi-Adad I’s later successors, Mut-Ashkur and Rimush. [4] The Synchronistic Kinglist [i 4] gives his Babylonian counterpart as Ayadaragalama of the Sealand Dynasty. [5] There are no extant inscriptions from Lullaia's or his predecessor's reigns in marked contrast with their Sealand contemporaries. [2]
He was succeeded by Shu-Ninua, the son of his predecessor, Bazaya, for whom he may have acted as regent until reaching his majority as there is no tradition that Lullaia was a usurper.