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Meaning & History
Meaning unknown, but refers to the god Ashur.A noted bearer is Ashur-uballit I (reigned 1365 - 1330 BCE), the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365 – 1050 BCE). His defeat of the Mitanni king Shuttarna II marks Assyria's independence from this kingdom, and the beginning of its emergence as a powerful empire.