Naram-Sin

Naram-Sin, (1770-1726 BCE) Early king of Assyria, son of Puzur-Ashur II.

Scholars have had great uncertainty about his reign. Based on a broken ancient inscription, it is estimated that he reigned perhaps 44 or 54 years. However, there is an interesting clue available for this, which all researchers have not wanted to use.

According to the Assyrian limmu list, Naram-Sin's reign began 24 years before the Assyrian eclipse. This means that it began 74 years before the rise to power of the Babylonian king Hammurabi. It can also be noted that it happened 53 years before Shamsi-Adad I became king.

Therefore, it is estimated here that Naram-Sin ruled for 34 years or 44 years.

The length of his successor Erishum II's reign has also been uncertain. The length of his reign has been suggested to be 9 or 19 years. According to my interpretation, its length was 9 or 19 years.

The more likely option is that Naram-Sin ruled for 44 years. This is influenced by the fact that the following indirect "evidence" can be found in the archaeological data (Assyrian king list):

"Shamsi-Adad went to Babylon in the time of Naram-Sin"

On the other hand, the Assyrian eponym list says about that year that "Shamsi-Adad went to his father's house". From this one can get the idea that Shamsi-Adad I managed to become the king of Ekallatum before the end of Naram-Sin's reign. It happened in 1732 BCE, about the 41th year of Naram-Sin's reign.

In this regard, this can be said to be a correction to the previous blog text, which dealt with the new dissertation. In that chapter, "A solar eclipse in the year of Sin-Eribam's rise to power", the length of Naram-Sin's reign was estimated to be 15 years. It was based on an estimate that the researchers had made at the time when I was originally working on that chapter.