Adad-nirari I

Who is Adad-nirari I?

Adad-nārārī I, rendered in all but two inscriptions ideographically as mdadad-ZAB+DAḪ, meaning “Adad my helper,” was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. He is the earliest Assyrian king whose annals survive in any detail. Adad-nārārī I achieved major military victories that further strengthened Assyria. In his inscriptions from Assur he calls himself son of Arik-den-ili, the same filiations is recorded in the Nassouhi kinglist. He recorded as a son of lIlil-nerari in the Khorsabad kinglist and the SDAS kinglist, probably in error.