Shalmaneser I (Shulmanu-asharedu; 1274 BC – 1245 BC or 1265 BC - 1235 BC) was a king of Assyria.

Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC.

According to his annals, discovered at Assur, in his first year he conquered eight countries in the northwest and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu, the dust of which he brought to Assur. In his second year he defeated Shattuara, king of Hanilgalbat, and his Hittite and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittani kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blinded 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings who was known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands rather than simply slaughtering them all.

He conquered the whole country from Taidu to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Carchemish on the Euphrates. He built palaces at Assur and Nineveh, restored the "world-temple" at Assur, and founded the city of Nimrud. He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta I.

Limmu Officials by Year

Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from Freydank and McIntyre. The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.

1265 Adad-šumu-lešir son of Sin-ašared

1264 Šulmanu-ašared (king)

1263 Mušabšiu-Šibitti

1262 Ber-šumu-iddina

1261 Abi-ili son Aššur-šumu-lešir

1260 Aššur-alik-pana

1259 Adad-Šamši son of Adad-šumu-lešir

1258 Kidin-Sin son Adad-teya

1257 Šerriya

1256 Aššur-kašid

1255 Aššur-mušabši son of Iddin-Mer

1254 Aššur-mušabši son of Anu-mušallim

1253 Qibi-Aššur son of Šamaš-aḫa-iddina

1252 Aššur-nadin-šume

1251 Mušallim-Aššur

1250 Qibi-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Marduk

1249 Ina-pi-Aššur-lišlim son of Babu-aḫa-iddina

1248 Ber-šumu-lešir son of Ete-pi-Tašmete

1247 Aššur-dammiq son of Abi-ili

1246 Ber-bel-lite

1245 Ištar-eriš son of Šulmanu-qarrad

1244 Lullayu son of Adad-šumu-iddina

1243 Aššur-ketti-ide son of Abi-ili

1242 Ekaltayu

1241 Aššur-daˀissunu son of Ululayu

1240 Riš-Adad

1239 Nabu-bela-uṣur

1238 Usat-Marduk

1237 Ellil-ašared

1236 Ittabši-den-Aššur

1235 Ubru

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