Belu (Assyrian king)

Belu (Akkadian: 𒁁𒇻𒌑, romanized: Be-lu-ú) was an early Assyrian king. He is listed as the fourteenth among the "seventeen kings who lived in tents" on the Mesopotamian Chronicles.[1][2] According to the Mesopotamian Chronicles, Belu was preceded by Abazu. Belu is succeeded by Azarah on the Mesopotamian Chronicles. Next to nothing is otherwise known about Belu's reign.

Preceded by
Abazu
Monarch of Aššūrāyu
fl. c. 2244 BCE — fl. c. 2231 BCE
Succeeded by
Azarah
Belu
Monarch of Aššūrāyu
Reignfl. c. 2244 BCE — fl. c. 2231 BCE
PredecessorAbaza
SuccessorAzarah

See also

References

  1. Glassner, Jean-Jacques (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 137. ISBN 1589830903.
  2. Meissner, Bruno (1990). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. 6. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 103. ISBN 3110100517.
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