The White Obelisk sometimes associated with Ashurnasirpal I (although it is usually dated to the reign of Ashurnasirpal II)
King of the Middle Assyrian Empire
Reign
1050–1031 BC
Predecessor
Shamshi-Adad IV
Successor
Shalmaneser II
Issue
Shalmaneser II, Ashur-rabi II
Father
Shamshi-Adad IV
Aššur-nāṣir-apli I, inscribed maš-šur-PAB-A, “the god Aššur 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 Šamši-Adad IV, and he ruled for 19 years[i 1] 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.
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