Bazaya
| Bazaya | |
|---|---|
| King of Assyria | |
| Reign | c. 1650 – c. 1622 BC[1] |
| Predecessor | Iptar-Sin |
| Successor | Lullaya |
| Died | c. 1622 BC |
| Issue | Shu-Ninua |
Bazaya, Bāzāia or Bāzāiu, inscribed mba-za-a-a and of uncertain meaning (died c. 1622 BC), was the ruler of Assyria the 52nd listed on the Assyrian King List, succeeding Iptar-Sin, to whom he was supposedly a great-uncle. He reigned for around 28 years and has left no known inscriptions.[2]
Family
The Assyrian king lists[i 1][i 2][i 3] give Bazaya's five predecessors as father-son successors, although all reigned during a 52 period, stretching genealogical credibility. All three extant copies give his father as Bel-bani, the second in the sequence, whose reign had ended 41 years earlier and who had been the great-grandfather of his immediate predecessor.[3] The literal reading of the list was challenged by Landsberger who suggested that the three preceding kings, Libaya, Sharma-Adad I, and Iptar-Sin may have been Bel-bani's brothers.[4]
The Synchronistic Kinglist[i 4] gives his Babylonian counterpart as Peshgaldaramesh of the Sealand Dynasty. He was succeeded by Lullaya, a usurper, whose brief reign was followed by that of Bazaya's own son, Shu-Ninua.[5]
Inscriptions
References
- ↑ Bertman, Stephen (2003). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0195183641.
- ↑ A. K. Grayson (1972). Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Volume 1. Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 30–31.
- ↑ B. Newgrosh (1999). "The Chronology of Ancient Assyria Re-assessed". Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum. 8: 79–80.
- ↑ J. A. Brinkman (1998). "Bēl-bāni". In K. Radner (ed.). The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part 2: B–G. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 288.
- ↑ K. Radner (1998). "Bāzāiu". The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part 2: B–G. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. p. 278.