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Shu-NinuaRuler of the city of Ashur approximately 1615-1601 BC.
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King of Asshur
Kidin-Ninua was the 54th king listed in the Assyrian King List, ruling Assyria from approximately 1615–1601 BCE (short chronology) or 1567–1554 BCE (ultra-short chronology). He was the son of his predecessor, Enlil-nasir I, and came to power after defeating the usurper Lullaia, who was referred to as "son of no one."
Name and Origin
The reading of the first element of Kidin-Ninua's name is uncertain. Ignace Gelb and Benno Landsberger initially proposed BAR, rendering the name as Kidin-Ninua, "[Under] the protection of Nineveh." However, Arno Poebel read the name as beginning with ? (u) and Weidner read it as ? (i) on another fragmentary copy of the kinglist. J.A. Brinkman noted that all other transliterations, except for this disputed entry, gave SU., corroborated by the Synchronistic Kinglist. This led to the predominant interpretation of his name as Shu-Ninua in recent years, "he of Ishtar," if Ninua is correctly identified as the Babylonian name for this deity, though this remains unproven. However, recent cleaning of the fragmentary king list has shown that the name collated by Hessel was in-dNINUA.
Reign
There are no contemporary inscriptions from Kidin-Ninua's reign. He is recorded as a contemporary of Aku-durana of the Sealand dynasty in southern Babylonia in the Synchronistic King List, rather than any supposed ruler of the Kassite dynasty. The Assyrian King List states that he ruled for fourteen years before being succeeded by his sons Sharma-Adad II and then Erishum III.
