A new study in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies by Alexander Johannes Edmonds of the University of Münster and Eckart Frahm of Yale University presents evidence for three previously unknown Assyrian kings. A new translation of a cuneiform tablet indicates a grant was made under a king named Tiglath-Pileser (not the more famous Tiglath-Pileser III, but another prince who assumed this name). This Tiglath-Pileser may be responsible for a rebellion in Ashur in 763/762 BC that is mentioned in the Assyrian Eponym Chronicle. The authors also identified a new Shalmaneser (ca. 747–745 BC) whose reign similarly coincided with a period of chaos in Assyria. The third king, a new Aššur-uballiṭ (ca. 913–912 BC), is mentioned in a text providing a list of kings who dedicated silver ritual vessels to the god Ashur. Each new king reigned for less than two years, and the authors of the study believe these rulers were systematically erased from history, likely by their successors.
Source: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741239
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