Ashur-nadin-ahhe I

Ashur-nadin-ahhe I (Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē I)^[3] was a king of Assyria in the 15th century BC. He took power after the death of his father, Ashur-rabi I. During his reign, Assyria became a sporadic vassal of Mitanni. He was overthrown by his brother Enlil-Nasir II.^[4]

Ashur-nadin-ahhe I Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē I
Issi'ak Assur
King of Assur
Reign	c. 1452–1431 BC[lower-alpha 1]
Predecessor	Ashur-rabi I
Successor	Enlil-nasir II
Father	Ashur-rabi I

A letter survives from him congratulating Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III on his victories in Palestine and Syria.^[5]

Notes

1. The length of Ashur-nadin-ahhe I's reign is broken off in all known copies of the Assyrian King List and it is impossible to calculate how long it lasted.^[1] The dates used here are speculative approximations by Düring (2020).^[2]

References

1. Hunger, Hermann (2009). "How uncertain is Mesopotamian chronology?". In Warburton, David A. (ed.). Time's Up! Dating the Minoan Eruption of Santorini. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens. Athens: The Danish Institute at Athens. ISBN 978-8779346529.
2. Düring, Bleda S. (2020). The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-1108778701.
3. Grayson, Albert Kirk (1987). Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2605-7.
4. Gwendolyn Leick (31 January 2002). Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-1-134-78796-8.
5. Stephen Bertman (14 July 2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. OUP USA. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-19-518364-1.

Preceded by Ashur-rabi I	King of Assyria 1452–1431 BC	Succeeded by Enlil-nasir II