Adad nirari is the last ruler mentioned, but the fact that he is named in the third person shows that it was compiled not earlier than the reign of his successor Shalmaneser IV.
Next in time comes the inscription on the famous Nabu statue in which Adad nirari is placed first, but with Sammuramat at his side, and which accordingly marks the decline of the queen mother's power.
The typical inscription of this type, take, for example that of Adad nirari I, [Footnote: BM.
Babylon was taken, but two years later Samas-Rimmon himself died, and was succeeded by his son Rimmon-nirari III.
The next two kings, Shamshi-Adad IV and Adad-nirari IV, controlled Assyria until 783 B.
In 797 Adad-nirari III receives tribute from Philistia, which is a new conquest.
Thus neither Asshur-uballit nor Adad-nirari I penetrated to the narrower sphere of Hittite rule, and it was only towards the end of the twelfth century B.
Adad-nirari III’s armies reach Phœnicia, and exact tribute from Tyre and Sidon.
Another king who has frequently been mentioned, Ramman-nirari (i.
This plan was, however, frustrated by Ramman-nirari I.
Though Ramman-nirari places the Igigi in heaven, it is not impossible that a later view transferred them, like the Anunnaki, to the lower world.
The Anunnaki and Igigi appear for the first time in an historical text in the inscription of the Assyrian king Ramman-nirari I.
We learn of a temple at Calah, and of no less than eight statues of the god being erected in the days of Ramman-nirari III.
Apparently Adad-nirari desired to be regarded as the legitimate heir to the thrones of Assyria and Babylonia.
If Nebo had no connection with Great Mother worship, it is unlikely that his statue would have borne an inscription referring to King Adad-nirari and Queen Sammu-rammat on equal terms.
Menuas was succeeded by his son Argistis, who ascended the throne during the lifetime of Adad-nirari of Assyria.
Adad-nirari endeavoured to drive his rival northward, but all along the Assyrian frontier from the Euphrates to the Lower Zab, Menuas forced the outposts of Adad-nirari to retreat southward.
Ashur-nirari IV appears to have been a monarch of somewhat like character to the famous Akhenaton of Egypt--an idealist for whom war had no attractions.
Nebo, whom Adad-nirari exalted at Kalkhi, was more than a local god of Borsippa.
Although Adad-nirari boasted that he had subdued the kingdom of Urartu in the north, he appears to have done no more than limit its southern expansion for a time.
At any rate Adad-shum-utsur was asked to send him back, by an Assyrian dignitary who was probably Ashur-nirari III.
Adad-nirari IV, the son or husband of Sammu-rammat, was a vigorous and successful campaigner.
Ashur-nirari IV was the last king of the Middle Empire of Assyria.
This strongly fortified city was closely invested, and Mari had at length to submit and acknowledge Adad-nirari as his overlord.
When Adad-nirari IV waged war against the Urarti, their king was Menuas, the son of Ishpuinis.
The king's son Adad-nirari was involved in it, but it is not certain whether or not he displaced his father for a time.
To the reign of Adad-nirari belongs also that important compilation the "Synchronistic History of Assyria and Babylonia", which deals with the relations of the two kingdoms and refers to contemporary events and rulers.
Flushed with his success, the Kassite king invaded Assyria when Adad-nirari I died and his son Arik-den-ilu came to the throne.
Shamshi-Adad who calls himself builder of the temple of Ashur, by Adad-nirari and by Shalmaneser I.
Thus in the course of the German excavations at Babylon a plate of dolerite measuring about a foot and a half square and bearing an inscription of Adad-nirari the son of Ashur-dan was discovered.
It is interesting to compare the scimitar of Adad-nirari with the sword found by Andrae at Ashur (cf.
A) bearing an inscription of Adad-nirari I, king of Assyria about 1325 B.
Also written “Mada” in a later inscription of Adad-nirari III.
Adad-nirari mentions another expedition of his against the Shubari.
These battles presumably occurred in the latter time of Adad-nirari III, and are the continuation of his campaigns in the eastern mountains.
A recently discovered inscription of Adad-nirari II speaks of his grandfather Tiglathpileser.
Adad-nirari III= succeeds his father--a ruler who increases Assyrian prestige immensely.
But even so, it does not seem that Ramman-Nirari intended to exalt Nabu at the expense of Asshur.
Nabu in high popularity in Assyria, and indeed Ramman-Nirari III appears to have made an attempt to advance Nabu considerably.
With Rimmon-nirari the power of the older dynasty of the Assyrian kings came to an end.
Adad-nirari the deliverer sent by Yahwah in answer to the prayers of Jehoahaz.
So, when he was young and enthusiastic, King Adad-nirari III.
Adad-nirari reigned 29 years, and was succeeded by Shalmaneser III.
The fame of Adad-nirari was great, and his queen seems to have shared in it.
Assur-nirari made expeditions to Namri, south-west of Media.
Damascus was captured by his successor Hadad-nirari IV.
The recently recovered memorial slab of Tukulti-Ninib I is similar to that of his grandfather Adad-nirari I, and ranks in importance with it for the light it throws on the early struggles of Assyria.
These were the facts which the memorial was primarily intended to record, but, like the text of Adad-nirari I, the most interesting events for the historian are those referred to in the introductory portions of the inscription.
One of them, however, Rimmon-nirari I by name (about B.
The defeat of Ben-hadad by the king of Hamath and the quiescence of Assyria may have encouraged Israelite ambitions, but until more is known of the campaigns of Hadad-nirari and of Shalmaneser III.
Put by Shammuramat--dream of her no more--and take the daughter of Raman-Nirari to thy bed and board.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nirari" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
